Could Chelsea be in the top 4 or 5 teams if not for the bad results of the first 10 games this season? According to Mauricio Pochettino, the Blues could.
He said: "You like to see all of the numbers and data. We were punished for the first 10 games, not because of our performances but because we were not clinical enough with the chances we created.
"In these first 10 games, to have between four and eight points more, I think today we would be in a completely different position. If you count the game we played against Tottenham [in November], that was number 10, we have played 26 games [since] and if you start to count from there I think we would be in the top four or five, for sure, with some very good performances.
"That is not because you asked me but to assess the last 26 games, if you put all the circumstances in there and you analyse and assess this season, we are in a clear way going high. Finishing strong is our challenge now to try and achieve to be in Europe next season and start the next season strongly."
In the first 10 matches of the season, Chelsea had only 3 wins and got 12 points out of 30 possible.
