At the beginning of the season, when Chelsea were winning most of their matches, their fans were everywhere shouting they are not in the title race, all they want is 3 points in all their matches, but now that they are losing, they are even struggling to win against weak teams, they are not really saying anything against it.
Seriously, injury is really affecting Chelsea right now, their performance has really dropped recently, which I never expected their performance to drop like this. At some point I was so confident that Chelsea would be able to qualify for the Champions League, but I think that’s going to be difficult for them.
Chelsea's next match will be against Southampton. I just hope they will be able to get a win in the match, because if they can’t win, that’s really going to be a serious problem for them. Southampton is the last team on the table, and every club is winning. If Chelsea can’t win against them, then it’s going to be a shameful thing.
You are right, at the start of the season Chelsea's performance was very convincing, many people even said that Chelsea would be a strong candidate to become champions of the English league this season. But currently Chelsea's performance has really dropped drastically, in fact Chelsea's performance was so bad that it was very difficult for Chelsea to hold Aston Villa to a draw. For this reason, Chelsea was previously able to compete in the top 4 positions in the English league, now Chelsea is only able to be in 7th position. This really proves that Chelsea's performance has really dropped a lot at this time. Apart from that, I personally don't know for sure what is the cause of Chelsea's decline in performance. But what is clear is that Chelsea is currently being hit by a storm of injuries. Because currently there are a lot of Chelsea players who are injured, especially on the front lines. Therefore, in my personal opinion, Chelsea does not have high hopes at this time to become champions in the English league or to enter the top 4 if the condition of many of its players are still injured like this.
Apart from that, talking about the match between Chelsea and Southampton, this match should not be too difficult for Chelsea. Because as we know, Southampton is arguably the weakest team currently in the English league. So Chelsea should be able to get the full 3 points in that match. But if, for example, Chelsea only drew or even lost in that match, I also agree that this would be very embarrassing for Chelsea. Therefore, Enzo Maresca really has to improve his team so they don't lose in this match. Because if he loses this match, Enzo Maresca's reputation will definitely be tarnished.