Henry: Premier League title a five-horse race

The prolific French striker has now embarked on a career of journalism and punditry, and he has recently stated his belief that the Premier League is now a five-horse race, with Chelsea and Leicester not in contention.

“Jamie Vardy has been wonderful and I’ve nothing but admiration for how he has come from nowhere and used his hunger to break the Prem’s scoring record”. The thing with City, in my opinion, is that they are just so inconsistent and I do nopt feel that they have the same team spirit and ability to bounce back from a bad game as we do.

West Ham is eighth and West Brom is 13th – three points ahead of Chelsea.

I really believe that the title is ours to lose this season. I will have to take some time and think about if it’s something I want to do or not. It would help to have a greater core of British players and to have a squad with more Premier League experience, no doubt, but at the end of the day the players just need to stand up. “When we play as a team and when, especially, we defend as a team, the team is much better”. “I have agreed that with the club directors”, Drogba said to BBC Africa. The midfielder picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the recent 4-1 win against West Ham meaning he will serve a one-match ban.

They face Bordeaux in the Europa League on Thursday before meeting ailing Swansea City who have slid down the table after one win in nine, putting pressure on manager Garry Monk.

Özil provided a delightful dinked finish to underline his current mastery – a second goal to go with 11 assists in his last dozen Premier League appearances.