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Chelsea defensive crisis?
- Updated: September 25, 2016
After another disappointing defeat, this time at hands of Arsenal, the Sunday Supplement panel believe Chelsea could be in the middle of a defensive crisis.
Goals by Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil gave Arsenal a dominant win at the Emirates, following Chelsea’s defeat by Liverpool last Friday and a draw at Swansea a fortnight ago.
It leaves them in eighth place with 10 points from their opening six games, and The Times’ Matt Dickinson says that while Chelsea are not in a full-blown crisis, their defensive situation is worrying.
“A defensive crisis, that’s for sure,” Dickinson said. “The weird thing yesterday is to see the same mistakes. When you realise you’re doing something wrong in the first five minutes – playing from the back – and you think: ‘Okay, this isn’t working,’ but it was like the highlights were on a constant …
