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Super Chelsea gradually becoming favorites For The EPL - Olisa Chukwumah

Chelsea go into the international break with 3 wins from 3 games, scoring 11 goals and conceding 4 in the EPL
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Who’s in? Who’s going out? And what loan ventures that could profit their teams were prime focus of attention for many football fans as the transfer market madness wound down to a close by 12 midnight.

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But that’s not to forget who leads at the top of the Premier League table after before the international break after 3 weeks of action – Chelsea, with 9 points from three games, 11 goals and 4 conceded so far in this campaign.

Jose Mourinho’s side are cut out as favorites especially with summer new boys Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas, oh yes, most recently French striker, Loic Remy.

The 27 year-old Remy who somehow failed a medical at the Merseyside with Liverpool completed a £10.5m move from QPR as replacement for Fernando Torres who joined A.C Milan on a two-year loan at the weekend after Chelsea activated his release clause.

This was after Saturday’s show at Goodison Park delivering a 6-3 blowout against Everton; the home side were nowhere ready when Diego Costa scored in less than 50 seconds into kick-off and right-back Bransilav Ivanovic with a strikers touch in the box three minutes later.

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Toffees, stunned early but pulled one back close to the break with a sublime header from Kevin Mirallas

Roberto Martinez’s side never tied the game with an own-goal in the 67th minute when Seamus Coleman deflected Eden Harzard’s by-line shot from the left and the 4th from Nemanja Matic with the time at 74 after Steven Naismith had restored some belief in the 69th with Aiden McGeady the provider.

Romelu Lukaku didn’t do badly but tried to do too much, new signing and substitute Samuel Eto’o returned the favor to their old club turning his first header and attempt into the net on 76’ minutes for Everton’s third.

Finger pointers to the center pairing of Silvain Distin and Phil Jagielka as Chelsea, with an immediate reply at the order end in the 77th following a Ramirez one-two combination with Matic to drill home Chelsea’s 5th before Diego Costa got his fourth goal of the season to conclude a superb 9 goal entertainment.

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While that is a good point to note for the Portuguese manager, the major cause for concern is Everton.

Martinez admitted his side where giving a every time they showed some character.

Chelsea, they have momentum not which may not be hindered by the international break as they welcome Swansea to Stamford Bridge on September 13 and may well carry on with Jose Mourinho’s new true blues.

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