Chelsea's Great Start Cannot Mask Flaws That Will Wreck Their Title Bid ; the Column

Mail on Sunday (October 04, 2009)

Author: Ian Ridley

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HOW powerful they looked, how relentlessly and ruthlessly they began the season, retaining under Carlo Ancelotti the spirit and optimism that Guus Hiddink instilled in them anew in the second half of last season. But the way they are set up and with the way the season is unfolding, Chelsea are just not going to win the Premier League title.

It is not just hindsight of the past week, with defeat at Wigan and an eked-out win in Nicosia over an average Apoel, that has fostered doubts. Scratch the surface of their eight-game winning start to the season and all was not what it seemed.

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Chelsea's Great Start Cannot Mask Flaws That Will Wreck Their Title Bid ; the Column

An added-time victory over whipping boys Hull City on the opening day, another at Stoke? Forty five minutes of home labour against Burnley, whose defence away from home gives away...

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