SHOCKING NEWS:Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest premier league match has been postponed few minutes ago..
If Chelsea extend their perfect run to six games and beat Nottingham Forest on Sunday they go into the second international break just two points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.
After losing 2-0 to Manchester City on the opening day and a stale home draw with Crystal Palace, Enzo Maresca’s men have been perfect. Wins over AFC Bournemouth, West Ham, Barrow, Brighton and KAA Gent have meant the Blues are in a good place.
Ahead of today’s game with Forest, which is Chelsea’s fourth straight home game in all competitions, Maresca declared that the club are not ready to compete for the Premier League title yet. That may be true, but right now, they are competing at a considerable level.
“I really don’t think we can compete with City or Arsenal. I really don’t think that because we are not ready,” he said. “The reason is that City has worked with the same manager for nine years and Arsenal five years. If you want to compete for big things you need that time.
“After Arsenal beat PSG [in the Champions League on Tuesday] they asked Luis Enrique and he said the same thing, that ‘Arsenal have had the same manager for five years and us [PSG] a year and a half’. Imagine us, three months … so it’s a huge difference. So I am really convinced we cannot compete with those clubs. The target is to improve and slowly, slowly to get closer to those clubs but at the moment we are not ready for that.”
The latter words of Maresca’s honest admission are what are important. Chelsea are improving. In fact, apart from the end of Mauricio Pochettino’s reign at the club, this is probably the best experience the Stamford Bridge faithful witnessed since the takeover in 2022.
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