It's just one loss and the way I see Enzo Maresca, I doubt he would want to permit another loss but the question is can they be able to avoid it?. He may not be interested in winning the league or any title as he says but that top position he won't want to jeopardize it. Chelsea play their next game to Ipswich and one will say it would be an easy encounter but if there is one thing I know, it will be the fact that small clubs have got the penchant to always be a stumbling block in the plans of the big boys so let's just sit and watch how the whole thing goes from here for Chelsea.
not being in the title race doesn't mean that you should be giving out points. you want to build the winning mentality in the mind of your players that gives them the understanding that losing games is an abomination in the team and so they are able to fight back or push to defend the lead they already have till he game comes to a close. have you observed that in the recent game of the Chelsea team, they had to struggle when it approaches the end of the game and that is basically because they are yet to play like the kind of team that will force the attack till almost the last minutes of the game. until they are able to fix things up that way, then the team still have a long way to go.
if a player like Reece James was in the team, i doubt that they would have lost this game this way. they just need a matured defender at the defense line that will show complete leadership role at that spot so attackers don't always assume that the defense can always be penetrated at ease anytime they want to do so. if after all the good result they have had since the start of the season till now they use the excuse that they are not in the title race to push themselves down past the 3rd position on the table, it will only show how much of an average team chelsea is.
Obviously that wasn't really good for the team, Chelsea is now 7 points behind right? And Liverpool has one less game, so that could really be ten points difference. Chelsea looked like they had a small chance if they could win that game, but now they are looking like that's over too. While we are talking about how that's bad for Chelsea, we could also talk about how this is great for Liverpool as well, because they are really looking like the eventual champions by now. I know that's hard and difficult and I can see why people would think that won't be easy, but at the same time I believe that we are going to end up with a good result one way or another, that's more important part.
Liverpool winning the title on the very first season of Arne Slot is a huge deal. City being terrible played a big role there of course, normally City is much better than what they have bene recently, they had 1 win in last 13 games, which is seriously unexpected and disappointing, but that helped Liverpool be all alone at the top as well because they didn't had who normally dominates the league. Lets see how the season will go but I am pretty sure that we are close to calling it already, looks like this won't change.
Chelsea, Man Utd ruined my holiday. 
The only one that worked was the Liverpool match, probably most bettors had the same fate.
