We had become so used to excellence with Thomas Tuchel that the fall in results is a bit out of place. But undoubtedly this crisis had to happen one day. The problem is that it has been two months since Chelsea is not at best between injuries, misshapen and some friability in the game.
As he prepares to challenge Liverpool, untenable despite a last defeat at Leicester City, we have every reason to consider another underperformance from Chelsea this weekend.
Because Liverpool walks on water and if he hasn’t won his last two games they were at Tottenham (2-2) and Leicester (1-0). Perhaps Klopp’s Liverpool will drop points at Stamford Bridge but we don’t have to bet on them.
Because the offensive asset of the Blues, Romelu Lukaku, launched stormy statements this week against Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea. Even if he found the net during this holiday season, the Belgian will probably go through the bench box as a punishment. Bad news because Chelsea need Lukaku at the moment. The club have won just 4 of their last 10 league games. Funny statistic for the number 1 favorite at the start of the season …
.