Chelsea in the positive trend performance last two matches after winning against Leeds United and continue success come back on Champion League after defeating Dortmund. Up coming next games Leicester City are waiting for and consistency needed if want to move to top fourth standing position.
Two good matches after 6 bad matches are not enough to create a positive good performance trend. It can be a start of a new trend for Chelsea and two won matches lately give them hope that they already solved their crisis. It gives them hope that they can prolong this form and makes it as a row of wins and jump on the table.
Although Chelsea performed quite well in the Champions League, it did not guarantee that they did the same in the English League. As many as 14 matches remain and if we look at Chelsea's schedule in the English League, opponents are more focused on the English League. So I'm still not sure Chelsea will focus on playing safe in the Premier League after what Chelsea got the results do not guarantee to meet the requirements for the top 4 rankings. Therefore, for this season the opportunity that Chelsea can only use is in the Champions League. Actually it won't touch the semifinals.
When faced with a stronger club, Chelsea will do more than that but when facing a weaker club, Chelsea seems to lose strategy.
It will be very difficult for Chelsea to get back in top 4 in the Premier League as they sure played well yesterday night but of course the players motivation I assume was much higher than for example when they faced Leeds and won 1-0 in the last Premier League game.
Their recent form also suggest that they are not in their best performance in Premier League and I think this to continue to be carried through the different remaining games of the Premier League which as such will make it almost impossible for them to be in top 4.