Chelsea's poor run of form in the Premier League continues and now the club appears to be in crisis. In their worst run of form since 1998, they have now failed to win any of their last six league games and have dropped a total of 18 points in their last eight league games.
At the beginning of November Chelsea were at the top of the Premier League, and five points clear of their nearest rival. The Blues are now six points behind leaders Manchester United and are currently in 5th place and they now face a tough midweek fixture against a resilient Bolton side who are currently one place below them, if they lose, Chelsea will slip to 6th place in the Premier League table.
Chelsea's indifferent form was again cruelly exposed as they were easily beaten 3-1 by an Arsenal team, who they had beaten in all of their five previous meetings. Gone are the free scoring team that we saw at the beginning of the season, the stylish play and confidence of champions now seems to be a distant memory.
Chelsea looked disorganised and again lacked invention and at times motivation. The once organised defence seems to be leaking goals. After conceding two goals in the space of two minutes in the fixture against Arsenal, Chelsea seemed void of any plan and incapable of a fight back.
More questions will now be asked about the future of the Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti, who only last season led Chelsea to their first League and FA Cup winning double in their 105 year history. The downturn in fortunes for the Stamford Bridge club appear to have coincided with the departure of assistant coach Ray Wilkins, who left suddenly at the beginning of November.
Chelsea now have important home fixtures against Bolton and Aston Villa, which could determine the rest of their season and certainly the future of Carlo Ancelotti.
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