Not even he would have envisaged Chelsea‘s form and shockingly, the 28-year-old could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge per Don Balon.
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With five in the last six, the Belgian is clearly hitting his stride, and despite Aston Villa being a bit more solid at the back under Rémi Garde (they got only their second clean sheet of the season against City in his first game), Lukaku has proven in the past that he loves playing against Villa and has scored every time he’s played them in the top flight.
Ivanovic, however, has dispelled any notion of the players no longer wanting to perform for Mourinho.
“The only way to get out of this situation is to win, win and win again”, he told the Evening Standard. “No one has seen anything unusual in the team”.
The club manager has however been looking at a number of players to sign for the club and Marco Reus has been named among these players Chelsea are considering but the interest in this player is not so much. We have four months without the national team and four months with the three most lovely competitions to play. “We have to show we are back”. The 0-0 draw with Manchester City before the worldwide break gives them a platform to build on before their trip to Everton on Saturday. “You have to hold your hands up and say they’ve done well”.
Never before in his 15 years of management has the Portuguese lost seven league games in a single campaign, a tally that was reached with the 1-0 reverse at Stoke City a fortnight ago.
Thibaut Courtois (knee) remains out, despite returning to training this week, but Eden Hazard is expected to be available despite a minor illness while on global duty.
Chelsea are wallowing in 16 position on the Premier league look and might not qualify for Champions League.
– Norwich won four and lost one of its first six Barclays Premier League meetings with Chelsea, but has won none and lost six of the last eight.
The Blues start this next period with a game at home against the Canaries.
In simple terms, Mourinho does not lose games.
Dieumerci Mbokani could return up front in place of Cameron Jerome, having been involved in three of his side’s last five goals.
– Chelsea has allowed more shots on target against it than any other team from inside the penalty area this season (49).
– Chelsea has scored three goals direct from free kicks this season.
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Chelsea’s miraculous decline from Premier League champions to borderline relegation battlers is so unprecedented that it’s nearly not worth attempting to find a few sort of logic as to why.
