I don't think Chelsea has recovered from their downturn after winning over Tottenham, the match summary notes that Tottenham had to play with 9 players after two of their players received red cards. Chelsea's first goal came from a foul by Christian Romero which made the match 1-1. Chelsea increasingly had the upper hand after the referee issued a second red card to a Tottenham player, they were able to control the match more easily after Tottenham were two players short.
This victory is at least a motivation for Chelsea players when facing Manchester City, but Chelsea's performance is still unstable, meaning they will experience difficulties when facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Well I wouldn’t say Chelsea have recovered from the downturn just yet but there have been a lot of improvement in performance so far and it is just unfortunate that they still sit at no. 10 on the table. They have been excellent against stronger teams but they have not been able to control and win smaller matches and that’s why i still think they have not recovered from the downturn fully. They have quality players but it will take time to blend fully since most of these players were gathered from different teams but i believe when they blend fully they will become a top team once again.
They managed to win Tottenham with quite some margin which was due to the red cards they received but still I wasn’t convinced with performance of the attacking players, they wasted a couple of chances otherwise the result must have been far different, they could’ve scored 5+ goals in the match. Winning the match will definitely be a good boost and motivation, and they would want to bring the same energy against Manchester City on sunday. To win against Manchester City, Chelsea need to be very clinical and make sure to utilize any chance they get.
I feel they are better now than they were at the beginning of the season, they might not be performing at the level initially predicted but gradually Chelsea are stepping up their performance. Against Arsenal and Tottenham, Chelsea looked like a different team but against the defending champions it will be a tougher test, how well they can be able to stop Manchester City is still uncertain until weekend.
Yeah, Gradually they are stepping up but to make it to the top 4 in the premier league you need to have a consistent performance and also you need to make sure to conquer matches against smaller and average opponents to acquire more points since it will be challenging to get maximum points against bigger opponents and that is what Chelsea lack currently, they are unable to control matches against smaller teams that’s why they still sit in no.10 on the table.