Chelsea a hit again and back in top 10

Norwich 1 Chelsea 2: So last year’s champions have finally made it into the top 10. In March. Take a bow Chelsea.

Not since August 29 — when the summer transfer window was still open — had the team that lifted the Premier League trophy last May been in the top half of this season’s table. An extraordinary statistic in this most unusual of seasons.

Chelsea’s start to this game was far from sluggish however - it took them just 39 seconds to take the lead, albeit against opponents who have been there for the taking for weeks and are now in the bottom three.