The current improvement experienced by Chelsea cannot be separated from the role of Pochettino, he inherited a group of talented young players to Enzo Maresca. Similar to Liverpool, Arne Slot only polished Jurgen Klopp legacy squad to be better and more aggressive. The inconsistent performances of Manchester City and Arsenal have opened up the title race for other contenders, but the situation could change drastically towards the end of the season. Of course, if the storm of injuries continues to hit the team, Pep Guardiola and Arteta will use the winter transfer market to look for additional strength, it is a logical step to secure the opportunity to win trophies.
The Chelsea uprising was actually started from last second half of last when Pochettino was still the manager, he actually was the one of the better side since January until the end but f season with Manchester city and Arsenal or so that had better points than him in the second half of the season, everyone wanted him to continue but he had disagreements with the clubs owner. But regardless we shouldn’t underestimate what Enzo Maresca has done to the team currently, there are managers that will come and still needed more time to build such team. Him narrowing the squad to this number made it obvious that he has his plans all this while and why he is achieving this. Same thing to Arne Slot we need to give them their flowers even if they inherited a rich squad.
As for Manchester city, over the years they have use their squad depth to win league titles and I somehow like the fact that they have to face the same thing other clubs face by having their key players out for majority of the season. Let’s see how Pep can comeback from this