Five Talking Points from Premier League Gameweek 10

Mourinho needs to work on Chelsea’s insipid away form

Chelsea players after a shock loss at Newcastle

This was billed as the week when the wheels finally came off Arsenal’s impressive start to the season and Chelsea took advantage of that, by beating a Newcastle side who had failed to score in five of their last six home games against Chelsea. But, nobody told Newcastle that. As Pardew’s side put in a counter-attacking display par excellence to notch up only their second home win of the season, to climb into ninth place, just three points behind Manchester United.

Whilst a lot of it was down to Newcastle’s good attacking play, the fact of the matter was that the famed Chelsea attack, just never turned up. And that has happened, once too often on the road, this season. Chelsea have won just one game away from home and that too, was last week, against a Norwich side, who are currently languishing in the bottom three. Although Chelsea have won all five of their home games, their away form is far from impressive and one that Mourinho has to work on, if they are serious about winning the league.