We’re 10 games from the end of the Premier League, but it’s still impossible to predict who will win. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool all have realistic chances of taking the no.1 spot cometh the end of the season. Mainly because most fixtures in which the current Top 4 play each other, are still to come.
I’m not here to talk about fixtures, No. We’ve all witnessed probably the most competitive Premier League title race unravel, and as predicted at the start of the season, Chelsea and Manchester City are right up there. Manchester City have bulldozed their opponents, whereas Chelsea have ‘Mourinho-ed’ theirs. Yeah, I’m using that as an actual term. Because to call it anything else, would mean taking away a lot of credit from the wily genius that he is.
Although both teams are up there, both have done it differently. City have scored goals for fun, whereas Chelsea, in typical Mourinho style, have conceded the least. Mourinho has a peculiar way of setting his team up; Defensively solid, counter-attacking machines, to say the least. And this season has been no different. In similar fashion to his first season in charge of Chelsea, the 2004-05 season, where Chelsea conceded a record-lowest 15 goals in the whole season, he has again addressed that problem up first.
In recent seasons, Chelsea managers, trying to bring about a change in the style of play, have led to Chelsea leaking goals. Uncharacteristically so, since Chelsea have always been portrayed to be a defensive team. Mourinho, on the other hand can not bear the sight of his team leaking goals, and I’m pretty darn sure that the first person he talked to after taking over would have been John Terry.
John Terry, a name synonymous with Chelsea Football Club itself, is arguably the best central-defender England have (Ouch!). If you don’t know him, and still find yourself reading this, you’re probably a toddler who’s gawking at the laptop screen alongside his/her parent.