Premier League 2018-19: The winners, losers and players to improve from Chelsea's perfect start to the season

Newcastle United v Chelsea FC - Premier League
Chelsea have won all 4 league games under Sarri

Players to improve:

Alvaro Morata

Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League
Morata has one goal in four games under his belt

One player that needs to improve his game is Morata. The striker did not have the best pre-season but has improved since then. However, from a striker, one expects much more.

Just one goal in four games so far, Morata has to up his game a lot. It is high time he shows Chelsea why the club was right to break the bank for him last season. And with Chelsea going into the season with the two strikers - Morata and Giroud, there is no room for error.

Sarri wanted Higuain as his first striker and you can see why. The club didn't back him and now it is up to Morata to prove Sarri and the fans wrong.

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I was one of the few that had wanted Higuain to come to Chelsea despite the asking price and the salary. Higuain could have made a huge difference up front.

Also Read: 3 reasons why Chelsea should sign Gonzalo Higuain

Of course, that didn't happen, and so far Morata has not lived up to the expectation.

N'Golo Kante

Chelsea FC v AFC Bournemouth - Premier League
The French midfielder already has a goal under his belt

You might be wondering why Kante is even on this list. But even since Sarri arrived, Kante seems to have gotten a new role. It has just been four games and so far Kante seems to have done justice but there's still a long way to go.

Kante himself revealed that he has a new role under Sarri. He said: "It’s a new manager and a new system. I played a little bit further forward. I need to adapt to this role but I will give my best in this position for the team and I hope we can keep doing good things in the future.

“I try to find the striker, to be more offensive and cause problems for the opponent and I think it went well. But we have to keep working hard in training and I hope in the next game against Arsenal we can get a good result."

I am not doubting Kante's abilities, just a bit concerned. I know the French midfielder will once again boss the role. The world cup winner has scored 1 goal in each of his last 4 seasons and guess what, he already scored once this season.

With this new role, Kante looks more of a threat and it's only a matter of time before he breaks his goal-tally record in a single season.

Only time will tell if this new role is suitable for the long run but if things go as planned, Kante will soon be the best midfielder in the world. Period.

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