Chelsea's last three games have been very bad. Losing to Ipswich Town and Fulham is an unacceptable result. They have been doing quite well at the beginning of the season and hopefully, they will fix everything this season with better results.
Facing Crystal Palace is not easy to predict. Chelsea must get out of their bad cycle and try to do their best in the next match. Crystal Palace is not a strong team this season, but Chelsea still cannot underestimate them. If not, the result might not be much different when facing Ipswich Town.
You remember when coach Enzo Maresca said his aren't interested in carrying any title? I think it's a way of removing criticism from him in the sense that should they go back down, they will not receive much tongue lashing from fans and the public alike because he earlier stated their intentions towards the title race. If you ask me, I'd say we give them a chance to see if they can go back up and despite their current poor performance, it's not too late to go back to giving fans good results.
sometimes mind game can go to the extent that it becomes a problem for the players that will become too relaxed and assume that they are never in the title race. Enzo Maresca did well by not putting no pressure in the mind of her players so they can play comfortably but at this point, it is clear that the strategy is not working as expected. had it been the mind is there to challenge the teams at the top that they are ready to contend for the title, it would have given any opponent they are going against some sort of fright knowing that you are playing against a potential winner of the league. having this kind of result for four consecutive game is bad enough and is enough to demoralize players to even getting more bad result in the coming games. even though December break is not always easy for them, with the players they have at the moment who are all doing really well, these results doesn't even show that they have such dept of players.