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Joe Cole believes Frank Lampard is right to downplay Chelsea’s title hopes and says Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was “being smart” in speaking of the Blues as title favorites.
Chelsea’s unbeaten streak came to an end on Saturday night with a loss to Everton at Goodison Park, Gylfi Sigurdsson scoring a penalty in the first half after a poorly calculated charge from Edouard Mendy.
The Blues have been in excellent shape in recent weeks, but Everton and former boss Carlo Ancelotti suffered a setback, suffering their first loss in 18 games, if you don’t count the penalty shootout loss to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup. .
Chelsea’s form has seen them inclined to fight for the title by many, including current champion Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who said last week: “If I watch games, I see Tottenham are obviously doing quite well, that Chelsea for me at the moment looks like the favorites, “he told reporters.
“They have the biggest team, great players, they are playing well. Now they are full and they have incredible opportunities to change.” [the team] between games and from game to game. That’s.”
But former Chelsea winger Cole believes Klopp may have been playing mind games, backing his former teammate Lampard, who downplayed his team’s chances of winning the league this season after the loss to Everton.
“At the beginning of the interview, he hinted that he knew what this team was capable of,” Cole said on BT Sport. “When you saw the team card, you will have seen ‘well, that’s a great physical team.’
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“They found it difficult and what he says about (Edouard) Mendy is correct. He has been flawless since he came in, he made half a mistake last week and he made a mistake this week, but it’s not a problem.
“Chelsea are somewhere in the middle. The way the league is organized, nobody is being left behind; this is a bump in the road for Chelsea and there will be a bump in the road for Liverpool, for Tottenham, but you still have reason to calm the mood a bit.
“I saw Jurgen Klopp name them (Chelsea’s) title contenders at his press conference last week, but I think Jurgen has been a bit smart. Chelsea will have days like this.”
Chelsea are two points behind leaders Tottenham and second-placed Liverpool, who play on Sunday.
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