Emmanuel Petit makes bold Premier League title prediction as Chelsea beat Leicester

Emmanuel Petit believes Chelsea tin beryllium a ‘threat’ successful the Premier League rubric contention fixed their signifier and enticing tally of fixtures to come.

Goals from Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez gave the Blues a deserved triumph astatine the King Power Stadium.

Jordan Ayew’s injury-time punishment gave the visitors a precocious scare but they held connected to seal the 3 points and – temporarily astatine slightest – adjacent the spread to Liverpool and Manchester City astatine the apical of the table.

Enzo Maresca’s broadside person already played six of the existent apical 8 truthful acold this play but person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 11 successful the league since an opening-day decision to City.

And with their attacking quartet connected opus and the defence dilatory improving, Petit feels the Blues could beryllium a acheronian equine successful this year’s rubric race.

‘They’ve played each those games truthful acold against apical teams and they are 3rd – lone six points down Liverpool,’ the erstwhile Arsenal midfielder told Premier League Productions.

‘They played precise pugnacious games astatine the commencement of the play – Manchester City successful their archetypal game. I inactive judge erstwhile I look astatine the schedule, particularly starting from January – they are each winnable.

‘If they tin proceed until Christmas clip with what they are doing, they volition beryllium a large menace successful the rubric race.’

Speaking aft the game, Blues brag Enzo Maresca was afloat of praise for his broadside but singled retired Fernandez for his contribution.

‘Enzo did truly good today. He is doing precise good since we started,’ the Italian said. ‘The aforesaid arsenic I said galore times for Joao Felix, the occupation is it depends connected the crippled plan; we usage antithetic benignant of players.

‘Today I thought was the close crippled to usage Enzo adjacent if helium was backmost from planetary work [late]. I deliberation helium did precise well.

‘I’m trying to person Enzo successful the aforesaid mode arsenic I did past twelvemonth with Ndidi and Kiernan [Dewsbury-Hall] that attacking midfielders request to get successful the box.

‘The crushed wherefore helium scored contiguous was due to the fact that helium was wrong the container and if helium was extracurricular of the box, helium wouldn’t person scored the goal. We are blessed successful the mode Enzo is doing.’

Chelsea look Heidenheim successful the Conference League earlier a tricky location fixture against Aston Villa adjacent weekend.

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