Is Performance Against Tottenham A Sign of Chelsea Revival

By Tayo Adetunji

Chelsea’s match at White Hart Lane on Sunday was satisfying to an extent. I would say the performance was an improvement to the other matches we have played during this period of our slump. 

There are a lots of positive that could be drawn from the match- forget the fact that we should have actually won the game in injury time. There was pre-match debate on how the high-flying welsh, Gareth Bale will be too much for our old and rusty right back  Paulo Ferreira, but the former Portuguese international held his own against the winger. 

Ramires, the regular scape goat of the under-performing Chelsea side, played arguably one of his best games in the Chelsea shirt. Captain fantastic, John Terry was at his marshaling best once again…to cap everything up super Frank Lampard is back after 3 and a half months of injury. 

So what went wrong again? 

We conceded early once more just like the games against, Birmingham and Newcastle it is not easy to overcome a goal deficit. 

Some players do not seem do care about the poor form 

Players like Michael Essien, Mikel,  Anelka, Kalou were not playing like players who were concerned about our recent form. 

One would have thought that somebody like Essien will have the hunger to be at his imperious best after his rallying call last week. Instead Essien was the flop of the match. and in an unusual way he was outshone by out of favour Ramires in the Heart of the Chelsea midfield.

 Mikel, Anelka and Kalou were passengers on the pitch on Sunday. Kalou should have scored after wasting chances. 

That Drogba penalty

I really don’t want to talk about Didier Drogba…but i’m still gutted at the fact that he was the hero  at one point in the match and he messed everything up by failing to convert that penalty in the dying minutes of that match.

I think the revival of the team from this slump we found ourselves in is ongoing.

 Chelsea just need improve more on this game, both in attack and defence (our attack in the first half was awful) If all the players can work hard I know we can get all 6 points from the next 2 games and put an end to all talk of a slump.