The way it came was fortunate, but the result is undeniable – Chelsea are back into the Premier League top 4 after they won and Manchester United drew.
The Blues find themselves with 19 points after 9 games. Ahead of them are three clubs in superb form, and they will do well to catch any of them, but behind them are a struggling Man U, Newcastle, Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth.
So we’re a team very much looking upwards right now. There is a long way to go in terms of performance – today we won thanks to a defensive error at the start and a free kick at the end. But the results are undeniable. This is the first time we’ve won 4 games with a clean sheet since December 2016, when Antonio Conte was our manager.
There is no time for Graham Potter to get on the training field and work out a solution though. We’ve got game after game in the weeks to come, and while that means we can close the gap on those above us, we can also
