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da cassino： Five games, maximum points, 21 goals and four clean sheets. Chelsea have done everything and above what is required of reigning champions. Even at this ludicrously early stage of the season they are four points clear of both Arsenal and Man Utd, and early or not, it is still part of the season none the less.
The easy criticism to make of Chelsea’s start is the opposition that have faced. West Brom, Wigan, Stoke, West Ham and Blackpool all present opponents that Chelsea are expected to beat, but few could have predicted the swagger with which Carlo Ancelotti’s men have dispatched those teams set out in front of them. Scott Parker is the only player to have breached Chelsea’s defence, and at the other end they have rattled in goals with unashamed ease: watching them this season has been like seeing the biggest boys in the school playground steal a ball from the first years and refuse to give it back.
The next two weeks will obviously offer sterner tests: a trip to Eastlands is swiftly followed up by hosting London rivals Arsenal. Last season saw Arsenal humbled 3-0 at the Emirates and a 2-0 at Stamford Bridge – at no point in either game did anything other than a Chelsea win look unlikely to happen. Little has changed since last season, and although difficult, Chelsea will remain confident. In regards to Man City, the sky blue millionaires did the double over Chelsea last season, and the 4-2 victory will still wrangle in west London. Man City have been hot and cold so far this season, they should have really lost at Spurs, but put Liverpool to the sword. Chelsea will be a step up from both.
What Chelsea possess over Man City, and United for that matter, and Arsenal, and virtually every other team in the league, is that they know their best team. Any fan of the Premier League could recite the Chelsea starting eleven, and could probably name their replacements as well: Kalou for Malouda, Zhirkov for Cole – the players that support the first team are of such a high standard. And while they may have been relatively quiet in the transfer market over the summer, the re-introduction of Michael Essien to the first team after injury, is as good as a new signing as you can get. The most complete midfielder in the Premiership has been nothing short of imperious, adding goals to his horse-like strength and energizer battery stamina.
Chelsea did not choose their fixtures, and with a poor pre-season and defeat to Man Utd in the Champions League, all the talk was of World Cup hangovers and an ageing squad. But as the whistle blew for the beginning of their defence of the Premiership crown, things clicked into gear. Any defence in the league will struggle to cope with the front three of Drogba, Anelka and Malouda, who have 13 goals between them already.
If Chelsea were favourites before the start of the season, those odds have been slashed even further, and their start has led to greater pressure on them to deliver. City will see Chelsea as the current benchmark, and will want to prove what they can do. If Chelsea come away with a victory next week, the league will take one deep gulp, and Arsenal will be next in the firing line.
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