Chelsea were written off as silverware contenders by many of the so-called ‘experts’ of the game when Roman Abramovich replaced the enigmatic Portuguese man of war Jose Mourinho with the dour Israeli Avram Grant back in September, but 5 months later on the Blues are back in the Premier League title race and still in contention for all the cup competitions. So was Avram’s appointment a masterstroke by Roman or has Grant just carried on where the ‘special one’ left off?

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Chelsea have pulled themselves back into the title race with a run of 4 successive wins and now just 4 points separate themselves and leaders United. They remain unbeaten in 74 home Premier League games so the title’s destination may not be Old Trafford or the Emirates as many predicted. Defensively Chelsea are beginning to look more like themselves with 11 clean-sheets kept in the last 16 games.

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