Chelsea are currently 4 points behind Liverpool, not that much, and in any case, it will all depend on Chelsea, how well they can play. Chelsea have a very deep bench, even if you consider that they are not playing in the Champions League, they will be able to use the reserve players for the Conference League games without any problems, and the main players will rest and prepare for the Premier League games, this is of course an advantage, since City, Arsenal and Liverpool do not have this opportunity and must use their main players in every game.
My fear is that if Chelsea can be actually consistent which is often the case of this team, while Liverpool may also be inconsistent Chelsea is far worst.
Though I'm impressed since I can't remember when last a Chelsea player or manager won player/coach of the month. Though Chelsea has a better chance than every other team in the aspect of resting players especially now that wein the conference league which is less competitive than the champions league, where the other teams are currently participating thereby stressing their key players.
thier first team has constantly shown maturity and they've grown over this while into a strong team that can go heads on against most tough teams even like Liverpool. At the ongoing international duty, nkunku has been sensational same way with Jackson, madueke, palmer and the other ones.
Enzo maresca's award as the coach of the month and Cole palmer's award as the EPL player of the month will all serve as a boost to the team and we just have to watch out for a fair fight in Thier next game against Liverpool on the 20th. To show how serious Liverpool is preparing for the game, Moh Salah has gone off from his international duty and this is likely because they want him to start recovering and preparing for the big game ahead. Also, Considering that for all the seven games they've played, they've won six and are currently top on the table, it's going to be Chelsea's second most strongest game of the season if not the strongest one apart from thier first game against Manchester Citynof which they lost. A win or a draw in this game will show that although they might not get top of the table by the end of the season, top four will become more realistic.