Chelsea is on sound energy. Maresca is taking it slow and steady, like someone who doesn't care of winning the league but I believe deep down in him, he has plans to win the league. It's fun to see that EPL is coming back to those days when Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, City and United were fighting and struggling for the title and using only goal differences and few points to win the title. It's a pity that United is still struggling to pick form.
Yes, this season Chelsea can indeed recover from its downturn. Because in the previous season you must have known that Chelsea kept changing coaches and no one was able to improve their performance well. However, after Maresca was brought to Chelsea, he was finally able to restore Chelsea's performance very well. So Maresca is indeed an extraordinary coach, we cannot deny that. This is because the tactics and strategies used by Maresca at Chelsea were truly successful in overwhelming the big Premier League teams. That's why Chelsea is currently able to reach second place in the Premier League.
Apart from that, talking about Maresca's statement that winning the League is not the main goal, I think this could be true. Because as we know, in previous seasons Chelsea had great difficulty breaking into the top 4 of the Premier League. Maybe because of that, Maresca was assigned by Chelsea management to bring Chelsea back to get a ticket to the UCL by being able to finish in 4th place in the Premier League. But in the current situation, I think Maresca really has a goal of getting the English League trophy with Chelsea. Because how could Maresca not have this desire, because currently Chelsea is only a few steps away from being able to displace Liverpool from the top of the standings.
And yes, currently competition in the English league is as tight as before, because this season the English league is not only dominated by one or two teams. But currently there are several teams who are fighting with all their might to become champions in the English league. Then regarding Manchester United, I can't say much about the current situation. But what is clear is that Manchester United is really in a bad situation at the moment. Maybe Manchester United really has to change the team on a large scale and start again from zero. Because what I see at the moment is that the Manchester United squad doesn't seem to have good chemistry or chemistry anymore.