The Blues have recently suffered three losses in their past five Premier League matches, drawing 1-1 with Dean Smith's in-form Aston Vi...
The Blues have recently suffered three losses in their past five Premier League matches, drawing 1-1 with Dean Smith's in-form Aston Villa last time out; Anwar El Ghazi cancelled out Olivier Giroud's goal.
If Liverpool defeat Newcastle United at St James' Park on Wednesday, Chelsea will lose nine points in the standings.
Heading into the clash with Villa, the same source that broke the news of Paris Saint-Germain sacking Thomas Tuchel, reported that Lampard could be sacked if the Villans were to win last night.
The Chelsea legend, the team's all-time leading goalscorer, invested $256 million in the summer transfer window in an effort to claim the Premier League crown.
However, their present situation has undermined the progress which the Londoners had made on the run towards a possible trophy.
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Even though Amazon Prime pundit Townsend spent three years as a player at Chelsea and made over 100 appearances with the club, he maintains the team is not in any real trouble.
The Chelsea side looked much more capable of winning against Aston Villa considering the previous day's defeat to Arsenal.
And after the Chelsea manager reflected that his side clearly are not getting "the rub of the green" at the minute, Townsend declared: "I think when Chelsea were having good spells a few weeks ago, they were able to get in front and build significant leads in different games.
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