Premier League Verdict: Are Chelsea Back in Business Again?
Last season Chelsea FC finished 10th in the Premier League table with just 50 points on their side (Played-38 Won-12 Draw-14 Lost-12) resulting in the one of the worst title defending in the history of Premier League and that time Leicester City were became the Champions of England from no where along with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
During the spell of Guss Hiddink as a caretaker manager Chelsea has announced the signing of the Italian Manager Antonio Conte. The Italian signed a three year deal with the London club on Monday, April 4. " http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/04/conte-appointed.html"
And officially he signed the contract with the Club after the Euro 2016 at that time he managed Italy and lead them to the QF of Euro 2016.
Chelsea's Newly appointed manager Antonio Conte
After the arrival of Conte to Chelsea he has managed to add 4 new players to the squad with the returning of David Luiz back to Stamford Bridge including N'Golo Kante who has played a key role in the success of Leicester previous season, Michy Batshuyai and Marcos Alonso. Under Conte Chelsea has played 5 pre-season games and managed to win 4 games but suffered a 3-2 loss against Real Madrid. After the arrival at England from the Pre Season tour for Premier League Chelsea have played their 1st game of the season against the city rival West Ham and managed to win that game by 2-1 thanks to Diego Costa's last minute goal and played their 2nd game away from home against the Watford side and managed to comeback from 1-0 to end the game with 1-2 again Batshuayi and Costa saves the day for Blues.After the 3-0 win against the Burnley Chelsea has managed to win their 3rd opening game of the Premier League campaign of 2016/17. But they held 2-2 draw against the Swans at the Liberty stadium and suffered 2 straightn losses against the Liverpool and bitter Rival Arsenal 1-2 at home and 0-3 away respectively. But after the loss against Arsenal this Chelsea side was revitalized by Antonio Conte with the famous 3-4-3 formation and managed to win 5 straight Premier League games without conceding a single goal in those 5 games. In this process hazard, costa, mosses and pedro were exceptional. Solid Back line and quick counter attack making this Chelsea side much more dangerous than previous season.
Chelsea players celebrating after a goal against Everton back on Saturday
After just 11 games Liverpool are at the top of the table with 26 points and with one point behind them Chelsea are at the 2nd of the table.
Chelsea's fixtures for November:
Middlesbrough vs Chelsea (A) 20th November
Chelsea vs Spurs (H) 26th November
As the key players like Harzard, Costa playing really a good game
Chelsea are favorites to win the Premier League this season but still they have to do lots to win the title as things can go from better to worse and vice versa in Premier League.
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