Chelsea made a statement on Sunday, crushing Manchester United, 4-0, at Stamford Bridge to climb into the top four of the Premier League for the first time since May, 2015. It is one point off the lead. Just a couple of weeks after British bookies stopped taking bets on coached Antonio Conte being axed, Chelsea is suddenly a contender.
Yet for the British headline writers and for the Chelsea fans and players, Sunday’s match was all about the visitors.
The home crowd enjoyed taunting Paul Pogba with chants of “what a waste of money.” Yet again, Pogba was not bad, there were worse players in red, but if you are the most expensive player in the world, OK is not good enough.