Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: May 04, 2023, 15:38 IST
Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta at Stamford Bridge stadium (AP)
For Chelsea to go down this season, they are going to at first, need to lose their ultimate 5 Premier League matches
Chelsea have spent greater than £600 million within the final two switch home windows, however the staggering quantity may hardly do sufficient in bettering their poor on-field efficiency. With simply 10 victories to their identify, the London giants are at present reeling at No. 12 within the Premier League standings. If they end on this place on the finish of the season, will probably be the membership’s worst inserting for the reason that 1993-94 season when Chelsea completed 14th within the standings. The Blues are at present 9 factors above the relegation zone. However, mathematically, relegation threats nonetheless loom very a lot massive over Chelsea. There are a number of ifs and buts for Chelsea to endure relegation from the Premier League for the primary time since its inception in 1992. Nottingham Forest, Everton and Southampton proper now discover themselves within the relegation zone.
For Chelsea to go down this season, the Stamford Bridge-based outfit will, at first, need to lose their ultimate 5 Premier League matches. All three of Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Leeds will even have to gather at the very least 10 factors from their final 4 video games to make sure Chelsea’s relegation. Chelsea will face relegation if Bournemouth, Wolves and West Ham United handle to surpass Frank Lampard’s males on the factors desk.
In their final outing, Chelsea needed to concede a 3-1 defeat by the hands of metropolis rivals Arsenal. “From what this season tells you, from start to finish, we have to find the reasons quickly. It’s not an overnight fix. The main answer is simple. We have to do the basics better and then we’ll get some progress. It’s clear tonight for me. The first half is nowhere near good enough. But it’s the reality. It’s what I’ve come into,” Lampard was quoted as saying by information company Reuters following the Arsenal drubbing. Chelsea, of their subsequent match, will tackle Bournemouth on Saturday.
The present season has to date proved to be fairly torrid for Frank Lampard additionally. The former midfielder turned the primary English supervisor to lose 10 matches in a row whereas in command of a top-flight membership for 35 years. Lampard was appointed as Chelsea’s caretaker supervisor final month. In his first stint as Chelsea supervisor, Lampard had coached the Blues for 18 months.
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