Liverpool May Have Big Title Advantage As Chelsea Rings The ‘Alarm Bells’

Liverpool May Have Big Title Advantage As Chelsea Rings The ‘Alarm Bells’

Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore has offered a critical review of title challengers, Chelsea after they slipped to third place in the Premier League following a loss at West Ham.

Thomas Tuchel’s side won the Champions League last season and are going for glory in the league this campaign but they are rivalled closely by Liverpool and Manchester City.

Collymore doesn’t believe this Chelsea side are of the same mentality as the Liverpool team who won the Champions League and then went on to win the Premier League the following year.

City currently occupies the top spot in the Premier League with Liverpool sitting just one point behind as Chelsea are in third – two points behind Pep Guardiola’s side.

Liverpool May Have Big Title Advantage As Chelsea Rings The ‘Alarm Bells’

“I remember watching Virgil van Dijk almost on a loop with a deadpan face saying: ‘We’ve achieved nothing yet,” Collymore said.

“There was a humility and a grounded nature about such as Van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold that I’m not seeing and hearing from some Chelsea players.

“And it makes me wonder if what is essentially a young Chelsea team are enjoying the success they have had even one per cent too much.

“What they have to remember is that winning the league is a million times different to winning the Champions League, and I’m just seeing and hearing things from the Stamford Bridge stars that are setting one or two alarm bells ringing on that front.

“If you go back to the start of the 2019-20 season after Liverpool had won the Champions League and had been runners-up on record points in the Premier League, I saw a really cold, business-like attitude from them when they reported back for pre-season.”