Premier League News: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 believes Chelsea FC have turned a corner
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 FC’s Florent Malouda believes that the worst is over for Chelsea after his team’s spirited comeback against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.
The Blues have not won any match in their last 5 games and have scored just 3 points off the possible 15. Their woeful form has seen them drop from 1st to 4th position in the English Premier League Table.
The winger associated the poor run of form with the absence of some key players in the past few weeks.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 also suffered a back problem and was out of action after the Fulham game. In the following 3 matches,
the west-Londoners lost to Sunderland AFC and Birmingham City, and drew with Newcastle United.
Attacking midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 was also sorely missed during the past few months. His last appearance was in August, in the 2-0 win against Stoke City.
Without the creativity of Essien and Lampard in the centre of the park, and the assurance of Terry at the back, Chelsea lost their cutting edge and were unable to finish games off.
Malouda said, “We have had a lot of injuries. It's not an excuse, but it can explain what has happened. It has been difficult for the manager to pick a team. But even when you know that, you still have to go out and play like champions.
We are still the champions.”
Chelsea did indeed look a different side when they played the Spurs at White Hart Lane on Sunday, the 12th of December.
After going a goal down from a close range strike from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 in the 2nd half.
The Ivorian had a golden opportunity to stop Chelsea’s winless streak in the dying moments of the game, when the referee awarded a penalty to the away side.
But to the despair of the Blues faithful, Drogba’s shot was saved by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heurelho-Gomes-c16173 and Chelsea had to settle for a point.
The French winger was of the opinion that the draw against Spurs had a positive impact on the team morale and the players believe they can return to winning ways in the upcoming matches.
He added, “Our reaction to what has happened to us last Sunday was good. I was really happy to see that we could have won that game with that penalty. It hadn't happened to us for a long time, so that was a good sign. We were disappointed
not to win, but the way we played gave us hope.”
Chelsea’s eagerly anticipated match against title rivals Manchester United was scheduled on Sunday, the 19th of December, but the game was called off due to excessive snow in the area.
A new date for the fixture has not been announced yet.
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