John Terry believes Chelsea have one major advantage over clubs like Liverpool and Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title this campaign.
The Blues have started the season in fine form, having picked up 29 points from their opening 12 top flight games to find themselves at the top of the table and three points ahead of Manchester City, with Liverpool a further point behind.
Chelsea put in another good display on Saturday to dismantle Leicester City 3-0, despite being without Romelu Lukaku, who remains out with an ankle injury he sustained last month.
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And former Blues skipper Terry believes that the club’s strength in depth gives them an advantage over the other title challengers.
‘Liverpool look a threat, they’ve got so many goals in them going forward,’ he told BeIN Sports. ‘Defensively I look at [Virgil] van Dijk and think I’m not sure who gets past him. We all have an off day, which he will, but at the same time they look very solid.
‘Just having that threat up front, we had it at Chelsea years ago with [Didier] Drogba and [Arjen] Robben and those type of players. ‘You just feel like you’re going to outscore other teams.
‘I think the strength and depth in their [Chelsea’s] squad looks to me by far the best in the league.
‘They’ve coped really well without him [Lukaku] and they’ve got players who turn up and score goals as well. I’ve been really impressed how they’ve dealt with it.
‘Having Lukaku back in the run up to Christmas will be a big boost as well.’
Chelsea host Juventus in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, before welcoming Manchester United to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Sunday.
