Chelsea’s special touch of class

On Monday evening last, I believe we witnessed the most impressive performance of the season so far, when Chelsea overcame formidable opposition in Manchester City, away from home and in some style.

Although Jose Mourinho threw his usual smoke grenades in the build up by playing it down and implying Chelsea couldn’t keep up with City’s spending power, make no mistake, he knew how big this game was. He lives for nights like last Monday and, more often than not, comes out on top against his closest rivals.

Admittedly, Chelsea had a huge boost in the run-up when Sergio Aguero was ruled out for a number of weeks after pulling his hamstring against Spurs. Both John Terry and Gary Cahill would have been delighted to see Aguero missing out, as he is simply impossible to keep quiet. Both Negredo and Dzeko are fine strikers but they aren’t at the same level as Aguero.