After a run of fine outcomes via October, Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-0 then managed a draw towards Arsenal, probably the most in-form group in Europe, with simply 10 males.
That was a excessive level, however what’s occurred since has gone the opposite means. Predicting Chelsea outcomes proper now you get the identical form of rush as taking part in on-line slots. You don’t know in the event you’ll get a trumping of Barcelona or a feeble defeat to Leeds.
December’s fixtures make issues even more durable to foretell. It’s a misleading run of video games – we don’t face Liverpool or Man Metropolis or any conventional “massive 6” sides, but there are some vastly tough video games in there.
It begins this weekend, with a doubtlessly horrible sport towards Everton. David Moyes has them battle prepared and assured, whereas we go into the sport with extraordinarily low confidence after 4 video games with no win.
To make issues worse, the Toffees are coming to Stamford Bridge and know they are often pleased with a degree. They will set as much as defend and attempt to hit us on the break. In the meantime we’ll need to assault and attempt to break them down – one thing we’ve struggled with.
The excellent news is that Cole Palmer will probably be again at the very least. However even then, he’s solely working his means again to health, and didn’t look near his greatest in his cameo towards Bournemouth final week.
After the Everton sport we do get one softer sport – towards Cardiff within the EFL Cup. However given we’ll be taking part in our second group, that would flip right into a battle too. The match that weekend, away at St James’ Park, appears to be like like a horrible check at a stadium the place we’ve dangerous document. Moises Caicedo will be capable to play after his suspension at that time, at the very least, and Palmer needs to be nearer to full health.
After that we’ve Aston Villa (now forward of us within the desk) and Bournemouth to shut out the month.
It’s truthfully onerous to be assured a few win in any of these video games. An excellent outcome towards Everton on Saturday ought to restore some confidence, but when we fail to beat them and make it 5 with no win, our conventional winter spiral will probably be properly and actually underway.
There’s no time for doom and gloom although – simply take it sport by sport is the very best we are able to do, and we’re positive that’s the message that Enzo Maresca has for his gamers proper now.
