Chelsea’s last couple of months saw a major swing as the Blues’ long run of wins transformed into a series of 5 games without a victory.
But had the team really dramatically changed their performance? Or was it just fine margins and a couple of poor injuries sapping us at a tiring time? Certainly we still had good moments in that run, but a few of the problems that have consistently haunted us over recent season returned – poor finishing, shaky goalkeeping, and crucially a lack of confidence and calm when hit with a setback.
Listening to Enzo Maresca speak with quotes picked up by Chelsea’s official website, it seems he understands all that and was impressed with his side’s reaction yesterday:
“I think in the five games where we didn’t win, the performance was always there. The problem has been in the box where we could have been a little more clinical. Tonight it was important that we won the game,” the manager said.
Chelsea still struggle with one major problem

But there was still a major issue, one that we saw yesterday and were lucky to get away with in many ways:
“For the first 40 mins, the team were brilliant. We scored a goal, we created chances, and then the same thing happened as in the last four or five games, where when we conceded, we lost a little bit of confidence. In the second half, we again controlled the game, we scored twice, we could have scored more, and we are happy with the three points.”
That was basically the big improvement yesterday over the preceding games – we lost control and confidence, but were able to recover it before we conceded and hit a negative spiral.
The only way to get better at that is to keep gaining more experience and learning from these situations. Let’s hope last night is a marker that things are on the up.
I hope they should keep chalobah for good . His proven and versatile player . Offload players that are injury prone . It cause and cost Chelsea FC much . If Chelsea FC play 4 at the back they should have 2 solid pivot to help the back to defend . Caceido needs help . Lavia has an injury issues. He can convert disasi gusto to play in central midfield with caceido and let Enzo marauding the central midfield . Or invert cucu in the middle and play veiga as LB . More balance in defence . Hope next season this manager use and play Santos in central midfield regularly. 3 man midfield ( him , caceido and Enzo) Lavia just put him bench till he overcome his injury and become healthy he can deputies caceido . To the board of Chelsea FC you need to act now to buy world class player a CB and Striker . If your ambitions is to make this team champions every season . Plus stadium needed for revenue help . Replace Sanchez to petrovic and Jorgensen. What happens to Hernandez his a young upcoming world class player.