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Things started a bit unfavorably for Chelsea on Saturday night, even as news from the fans (roughly 1600) in attendance made it look like we had a (very lost) full once again, with former Chelsea prospect Patrick. Bamford opening the scoring within five minutes for Leeds (but, of course, he scored), and then Timo Werner managed to miss not once, but twice at point-blank range in the first ten minutes (and probably clearing Giroud’s header from the line in the process).
Even after Chelsea tied around the half hour mark, the good news was accompanied by Hakim Ziyech, who injured his hamstring.
But none of that mattered in the end, as the Blues put up an absolute clinic of individual and team excellence, keeping things (mostly) organized at the rear, compact in the midfield, and creating several glorious opportunities at the other end. . It may have taken a set piece goal to take the lead and a late counterattack to seal the points, but Chelsea certainly did nothing to dispel our still-too-early title credentials. (Chelsea XG of 4.1-4.7, depending on who is counting, was the highest recorded this season in the Premier League, for what it’s worth).
“I loved the game. What an exciting game for fans! Leeds will never allow you to have a comfortable possession, but we created so many good chances against them – it could have been four, five, six on a different day. “
-Frank Lampard; source: Chelsea TV
Undefeated in all competitions and the best in the league for tonight at least, how far this team will go will depend entirely on how consistently we can keep connecting and how consistently we can get enough players to step up their performances in the At the same time, Lampard he chose first the trio of Mount, Kanté and Thiago Silva this time, but others were almost or even as good, and how consistently we can continue to make the right decisions on and off the field.
The issue of consistency has taken over most of Lampard’s press conferences of late, and the post-game talk tonight was no different.
“You can see how excited [the fans were] in the end we are top of the league. My job and our job is to know that it is a long season and the next question is how consistent can we be with this form, how much can we improve, because I think there is much more we can do and there will be a lot of challenges ahead.
“Enjoy the afternoon. I’ll have that little glass of wine, maybe a big one, but at the same time we have to make sure we hold our ground. But there were a lot of good things. Playing against Leeds the way they are and the kind of team they are. and dominating in terms of opportunities was a great performance on our part. “
-Frank Lampard; source: Football.London
Chelsea have an easy week ahead, for once, with a dead rubber match at home midweek against Krasnodar. He then gets back to work and routine, with back-to-back road games against Everton and Wolves before entering a busier holiday period, which includes games against West Ham (home), Arsenal (away), Aston Villa (home). . ) and Manchester City (home) in a span of about a dozen days. Any title credentials that we may be gathering now could be heavily reinforced or broken entirely next month.
Time to believe that we can fly.
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