Flo believes keeping Alvaro Morata fit is key to Antonio Conte’s title defence
Former Norway and Chelsea striker Flo is now a youth team coach for the Blues and believes his employers could still mount a title charge referring back to last season when they went on a 13-match winning streak after dropping seven points in the first six.
‘It’s been a bit up and down. Much of it has been very, very good but surprisingly we have also dropped some points,’ Flo, who scored 50 goals in 163 appearances for Chelsea, said.
‘We knew it would be difficult to have the same season as last year. But last year at the beginning Chelsea dropped some points too but then went on to win a lot of consecutive matches.
‘It’s still possible to end at the top of the table at the end of the season. But it’s difficult, the Manchester teams are doing very well.’
‘Obviously we would like to lead the table at the moment but we saw it last year, we can still catch up and do well,’ Flo said.
‘Chelsea are in the Champions League this season and as a club we will really want to do well in that one. We weren’t in the Champions League last year.’
24-year-old Morata is expected to return from injury and lead the attack against Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Compared to Man City’s 29 Premier League goals, Chelsea have managed 13 with six of them from the 58-million pound striker.
‘Morata is a very good striker and the challenge for Chelsea is to keep him fit. Chelsea will definitely miss him when he’s not playing, when he’s injured,’ Flo added.
‘If we can keep him fit and he can play a lot of matches then he will score a lot of goals.’
‘Chelsea got quite a few players but if you look at some of the other clubs too that have bought a lot of players.
‘If we give little bit of time, I think the players that Chelsea bought will start doing a good job for the team.
‘I don’t think Chelsea have a problem in front of goal. Batshuayi has shown he can score goals and Chelsea can use him a back-up for Morata.’
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