Chelsea have begun the new Premier League campaign in formidable fashion, and Alan Shearer thinks they already look like they will be difficult to stop in this season’s title race.
The Blues did one major piece of business in the summer transfer window – bringing back Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth £97.5million.
The Belgium international is currently on four goals in five games across all competitions, and they didn’t even need him to find the back of the net in their 3-0 victory away at Tottenham on Sunday, as Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger grabbed the goals.
After winning four of their first five league games, Chelsea are level on 13 points with Liverpool and Manchester United.
Although it is early days, Shearer – who backed the Blues to win the title before the season started – is sticking with his original prediction after watching them in action so far.
‘The Premier League title race is only just getting started, but Chelsea already look like they will be very hard to stop,’ Shearer told BBC Sport.
‘Thomas Tuchel’s side look seriously impressive right now, but they have done since he took charge in January.
‘Even when they are not playing well or things go wrong – like it did when Reece James was sent off at Anfield last month – Chelsea still give very little away.
‘As they showed in their brilliant 3-0 win at Tottenham on Sunday, the Blues have an extremely strong squad and a very good manager too.
‘Chelsea’s next test is against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, but that won’t faze them.
‘They beat City three times under Tuchel last season, including in the Champions League final. He will be ready for Pep Guardiola again, I’m sure.’
He added: ‘City have dropped the most points out of the main contenders so far, and Saturday’s home draw with Southampton was a poor result for them when you consider Liverpool’s performance against Crystal Palace, United’s win and particularly what Chelsea did at Spurs.
‘It will be between those four sides come the end of the season, but I will stick with what I said in the summer: Chelsea are the team to beat.’
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