Chelsea legend Frank Lampard believes his old side are now the strong favourites to win the Premier League as he can’t see any other team putting together a run good enough to catch them.
Chelsea are clearly in the in-form team in England with Antonio Conte’s side winning their last 11 matches in the Premier League to open up a six point gap at the top
of the division.
The run of form comes from Conte’s decision to switch his side to a 3-4-3 formation which the Blues have embraced with the team conceding just twice in that 11 match winning run.
Lampard – who left Chelsea in 2014 – believes his former club have proven themselves the dominant team in the Premier League and added no one would have thought they would be in for the title after the defeat to Arsenal back in September.
And the former England midfield maintains that no other top flight club has the capability of catching Chelsea.
Lampard said, according to Sky Sports: “As a Chelsea man it is great to see, all credit to everybody there.
“The manager obviously changed the system after a defeat at Arsenal.
“Nobody would have fancied them to be anywhere near winning the League at that point and now they look the dominant team.
“I don’t like to tempt fate but I can’t see anyone who has got the consistency to close the gap, so I fancy Chelsea strongly now.”
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