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Alan Shearer has been speaking about Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Brentford on Sunday.
Sitting in second place, Enzo Maresca’s men look like the only serious contenders for Liverpool as things stand, with Arsenal and Manchester City regularly slipping up, but there is time for that to change. While they might not have expected to be in this position, Chelsea will want to remain in the hunt, and consistency is the only way they will manage that.
This weekend’s opponents Brentford are as high as ninth as things stand, enjoying a superb season so far. In fact, they are only two points behind fifth-placed Nottingham Forest and just four behind Manchester City in fourth.
It could be a tricky test for Chelsea, but pundit Alan Shearer is still backing a Blues win. “Brentford’s away form is not good, but their home record is unbelievable and that’s why they are where they are,” Shearer told The Metro.
“But Chelsea, with the form that they’re in, will win this game. Even though they haven’t got far to travel it’s still an away game for Brentford which is why I predict a defeat for them. Prediction: Chelsea win.”
Maresca coy on title race
Speaking ahead of this one, Chelsea boss Maresca maintained that his side can only go game by game rather than focusing on the title race as a whole. He said: “The day-to-day. If you start to think one month, two months, three months ahead, it’s the beginning of a bad time. The good thing is I like to think day by day. This is not something I say because I have to say it, I really think it's the way to improve myself and also my players.
“Just focus on what we can do better in terms of our training session or improving players and the team. Then at what moment can we think of something different? I don't know.”
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