#4 A settled back-four
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Chelsea’s biggest weakness last season was their defence. Branislav Ivanovic endured his worst year in a Chelsea shirt and the central defensive pairing of John Terry and Gary Cahill rarely kept a clean sheet. Cesar Azpilicueta and Kurt Zouma were the only two players who enjoyed any modicum of success, although Zouma’s injury would cut his season short.
This season, on the other hand, John Terry looks back to being the player who brought the title to Stamford Bridge in 2015. Cahill and Ivanovic have looked very impressive as well and with Azpilicueta linking up well with Hazard on the left, Chelsea look dominant defensively. Although they have conceded two goals in three games, it has to be noted that the goals were quite unstoppable and apart from that, the Blues have been largely untroubled.
