This season, Chelsea will finally left very little to chance in the Premier League. Comfortably installed in the first place since the beginning of the year, the Blues maintained a rhythm pattern to provide the fifth national crown in their history. Five recipes for analyzing this title.
A world-class summer transfer window
For the second season of Mourinho since his return home, Chelsea was desperate to reconnect with the peaks, and is given the means last summer. After the juicy selling David Luiz PSG, the Blues have strengthened the team at each station with world class players. And with success. Thus, Courtois, potentially within three top specialists from office, came back instead Čech in the woods, when Fàbregas, best passer of the season with 17 units, has taken his place in the middle, while Diego Costa, third top scorer in the Premier League with the best ratio goal / match (0.79), came to spread his palette pointed. To this can be added the explosion of Matić, who despite being happened the previous winter, had not yet had the chance to show the extent of his talent for a full year, and luxury substitutes Filipe Luís, Kurt Zouma, Loïc Rémy and Didier Drogba. In short, the recruits that would turn any team into a real war machine.
An early gun season
Last year, the Blues had somehow skated early in the season, conceding two defeats and three draws in the first eleven days. The opposite of this season. Armed with a cannon start of exercise they took advantage of the infancy of Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool earlier in the season to take over the top spot from the third day - to let go once after the sinking 5-3 at White Hart Lane. I must say that the Blues have kept an incredible pace, since they now have 24 wins, eight draws, but mostly only two losses on all of the current year. At home, the three worst results of the ogre Chelsea are three draws, against Manchester City, Burnley and Southampton. A true pace of champion.
Uncompromising defense
If Chelsea is sacred so early, he owes in large part to its defense, intractable throughout the season. The sinking of White Hart Lane apart so Courtois Quartet - Terry - Cahill - Ivanović never really seemed to be overwhelmed by their opponents. Best defense of the season with 27 goals conceded, the Blues have also kept their clean sheet in six games this season. So when, in addition, Terry and Ivanovic have eight goals - often valuable - two of them in the league, we can definitely talk about outstanding performance of the rear guard of Chelsea. With a little special mention for John-John, author, at 34, one of the best seasons of his career in blue. And this is not nothing.
The science of big games
In recent weeks, the specter of "Boring Chelsea" has rebounded, especially after the double confrontation against Manchester United (1-0) and Arsenal (0-0). Yes, Chelsea may not be very nice to see play, but Chelsea always comes. The deal is simple: when his team is ahead in the standings, Mourinho does not necessarily play the games against the direct competitors to win, but especially not to lose them. And this little game, the Portuguese once again emerged victorious. Thus, the Blues have conceded two draws against Manchester City, a win and a draw against Arsenal and a win and a draw also face Manchester United, while being taxed at Anfield. In sum, this season, Mourinho has never lost the famous "six-point games." So much for the joga bonito.
The Hazard talisman
A world-class summer transfer window
For the second season of Mourinho since his return home, Chelsea was desperate to reconnect with the peaks, and is given the means last summer. After the juicy selling David Luiz PSG, the Blues have strengthened the team at each station with world class players. And with success. Thus, Courtois, potentially within three top specialists from office, came back instead Čech in the woods, when Fàbregas, best passer of the season with 17 units, has taken his place in the middle, while Diego Costa, third top scorer in the Premier League with the best ratio goal / match (0.79), came to spread his palette pointed. To this can be added the explosion of Matić, who despite being happened the previous winter, had not yet had the chance to show the extent of his talent for a full year, and luxury substitutes Filipe Luís, Kurt Zouma, Loïc Rémy and Didier Drogba. In short, the recruits that would turn any team into a real war machine.
An early gun season
Last year, the Blues had somehow skated early in the season, conceding two defeats and three draws in the first eleven days. The opposite of this season. Armed with a cannon start of exercise they took advantage of the infancy of Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool earlier in the season to take over the top spot from the third day - to let go once after the sinking 5-3 at White Hart Lane. I must say that the Blues have kept an incredible pace, since they now have 24 wins, eight draws, but mostly only two losses on all of the current year. At home, the three worst results of the ogre Chelsea are three draws, against Manchester City, Burnley and Southampton. A true pace of champion.
Uncompromising defense
If Chelsea is sacred so early, he owes in large part to its defense, intractable throughout the season. The sinking of White Hart Lane apart so Courtois Quartet - Terry - Cahill - Ivanović never really seemed to be overwhelmed by their opponents. Best defense of the season with 27 goals conceded, the Blues have also kept their clean sheet in six games this season. So when, in addition, Terry and Ivanovic have eight goals - often valuable - two of them in the league, we can definitely talk about outstanding performance of the rear guard of Chelsea. With a little special mention for John-John, author, at 34, one of the best seasons of his career in blue. And this is not nothing.
The science of big games
In recent weeks, the specter of "Boring Chelsea" has rebounded, especially after the double confrontation against Manchester United (1-0) and Arsenal (0-0). Yes, Chelsea may not be very nice to see play, but Chelsea always comes. The deal is simple: when his team is ahead in the standings, Mourinho does not necessarily play the games against the direct competitors to win, but especially not to lose them. And this little game, the Portuguese once again emerged victorious. Thus, the Blues have conceded two draws against Manchester City, a win and a draw against Arsenal and a win and a draw also face Manchester United, while being taxed at Anfield. In sum, this season, Mourinho has never lost the famous "six-point games." So much for the joga bonito.
The Hazard talisman
Obviously, the Belgian is excellent since joining the Blues. But this season, Hazard has seems he reached a new milestone in its inexorable rise. Real spark of offensive play of the residents of Stamford Bridge, the former LOSC took the keys of the game around in hand, especially in the second half of the season where Mourinho began to adopt a more cautious tactics. With thirteen goals and nine assists, Hazard is a major triumph for the Blues in the league this year. Number 10 showed an exceptional regularity, and it has never been more than two games without him who was voted player of the year by his peers or brand delivers an assist in the league. Come and get it.
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