Carra and Nev: How to stop Blues

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Chelsea are seemingly charging towards a fifth Premier League crown, so how can the Blues be stopped? Sky Sports analysists Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher tell us.

Antonio Conte’s side went seven points clear at the top of the table after recording an 11th straight top-flight win at Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon and are now just two victories short of equalling Arsenal’s record for consecutive wins set during the 2001/02 campaign.

So how exactly can the west London club’s march towards the title be halted? Former England internationals Neville and Carragher give us their opinions on the matter…

“It is a long way to go and what I would say is to win a title you need consistency,” Neville told Monday Night Football. “Arsenal, City and Liverpool are playing a very mobile, agile style of football. Power, pace, strength have always been important facets of winning titles, you go back to all the teams that have won it, even the Leicester team of last season.

“And if I look at the Chelsea team and the actual spine of it, and you think of [N’Golo] Kante, [Nemanja] Matic, [Diego] Costa, [Cesar] Azpilicueta, [David] Luiz, [Gary] Cahill, experience, reliability, strength, power.

“You feel like they could play in a …

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