Chelsea players must fight for their futures at the club under interim manager Guus Hiddink, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said after Saturday’s 3-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace stretched their unbeaten run to 4 games. Hiddink was delighted with how his players had stayed on the front foot to press for the win after taking the lead through Oscar in the 29th minute.
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The Blues have an army of loan players getting the chance to play elsewhere now and these three current first-team squad members would be advised to follow suit in January and spend the rest of the campaign at a different club… “And if you think that you can do it just on your quality, this league is killing you”.
There probably was not a meeting at the start of this season at John Terry’s house at which it was decided that the Chelsea players would down tools to force out Jose Mourinho; that they would conspire to conduct the worst defence of a league title in history in order to get rid of their manager.
“If the team is not willing to defend or doesn’t have the right balance then you concede a lot of goals”.
The victory leaves Hiddink’s men nine points off West Ham in sixth and 13 adrift of Tottenham in fourth but the performance suggested they may yet be capable of a late surge towards the European spots.
“I think John Obi can be one of the key figures in bringing back that balance”.
“On this podium, very talented players can explore their qualities”.
“He can recover his radar, he reads the game very well, he knows where the strength of the opponent is and knows how to combat that”. But Chelsea have been playing with more spirit – and when they are firing they are one fine team.
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“And there you see the story of the game”. “I have to improve every game and keep going”. His presence would have anxious Chelsea.
