Premier League 2018/19, Chelsea 2-0 Fulham: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis

#1 Chelsea are far off the title race

The Sarri-ball will take time to be implanted at Stamford Bridge

Although Chelsea have only lost one game all season, kept pace with the Premier League elites, qualified to the next round of the Europa League and the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup, they aren't quite there at the moment.

When teams have not covered the kilometers and shown too much respect, the Blues have been relentless.

Some of their passes, goals and moves have dropped jaws all the all the way down to the floor, but they are a long way off what Sarri wants from his team.

Defensively, the likes of Marcos Alonso are caught out of position number of times, which draws the center-backs out and creates a lot of problems.

Individually, the defence doesn't always move the way the gaffer wants them to, and that, was seen in the defeat at Tottenham.

In the attacking sense as well, Eden Hazard and co. have been blowing hot and cold. The same sort of movement that Loftus-Cheek and Hazard showed for the second goal needs to be replicated more often, especially if they have to beat a gigantic Manchester City next weekend.

Hence, it will take time for the Sarri-ball to be implemented, but one can't argue against the fact that they are in the wrong direction.