Chelsea is threatened by Arsenal – Tottenham, the risk of falling out of the top 4 is real

Once a title race candidate, Chelsea is now facing the risk of being kicked out of the top four positions.

4 goals conceded by Chelsea before Brentford

Last weekend, Chelsea upset the fans when they lost 1-4 at the hands of Brentford at Stamford Bridge despite opening the score first. This salt defeat caused Chelsea’s consecutive winning streak to stop at number 6.

The risk for Chelsea is not small

While Chelsea played well, Tottenham and Arsenal also gradually moved up the rankings with impressive performance. And now when “The Blues” stumble, the two London neighbors immediately create considerable pressure.

With just crushing Newcastle with a score of 5-1, Tottenham have surpassed Arsenal and now they are only 5 points behind Chelsea (54 versus 59). This is not a safe distance from Chelsea in the context English Premier League This season has 8 more rounds to finish.

Compared to Tottenham, Arsenal is an even bigger threat to Chelsea. The reason is because “Gunners” also have the same 54 points as Spurs, but they have only played 28 matches (this number with Chelsea and Tottenham is 29 and 30 respectively).

In the sprint, both Tottenham and Arsenal are in extremely good form. Tottenham have just won the last 4/5 matches with a difference score. For their part, Arsenal is even better than Tottenham with the last 6/7 wins.

In the rest of the season, Chelsea has 1 direct confrontation with Arsenal at home and is a guest before MU. Arsenal also meet Chelsea, MU and Tottenham, while Spurs also meet Liverpool and Arsenal. Basically, these schedules do not have too much difference in difficulty.

However, the difference here is that Chelsea are still fighting in the Champions League and FA Cup, while Arsenal and Tottenham only have English Premier League to strive. In the oldest tournament in England, coach Thomas Tuchel’s team reached the semi-finals (the upcoming opponent is Crystal Palace), while in the European arena they faced a big challenge in the quarter-finals called Real Madrid. .

Of course, Chelsea will have to stretch themselves to fight and calculate for these goals, which means the fitness of their players will be affected. Consequences can be injuries. Chelsea used to have 9 rounds to lead the Premier League this season, but now they are facing many risks, the worst of which is a blank season and no place in the Champions League next season.