More of the Same Please Says Willian Following Thrashing of Crystal Palace

Mikel had 96% pass accuracy, won three tackles, had two blocks and one interception to finish as one of Chelsea’s outstanding players.

“This was the Chelsea of a year ago, the football was first-class and we kept the ball in tough conditions”, he said.

‘ We’re not where we should be now in the table but if we keep getting this sort of wins, we will move up and be where we are supposed to be in the table, ‘ he told Skysports after the game.

Palace boss Alan Pardew, on his first anniversary as manager at Selhurst Park, moaned: “We needed the first goal after not scoring for a couple of games and having so many injuries, and we didn’t get that”.

“But the new man has come in, like he did last time, picked everyone up and you can see we’ve gone again”.

Across London, Alli has been one of the success stories of this season, establishing himself as a regular for Tottenham and also breaking into the England squad in his first year in the Premier League. “That was evident. We got in some good situations but couldn’t capitalise”.

“If a team is not doing well during a very long period then it is rather human to look for security and that is why we emphasised the good hard work tactically in a defensive way”, he explained at a post-match news conference. The season is approaching a very crucial stage and the Champions League will be back as well next month. He’s the ideal player in my option to bring balance to the team.

Chelsea signalled their intention to surge up the Premier League by crushing Crystal Palace 3-0 on Sunday in a stylish display that had shades of last season’s cruise to the championship.

“You get confidence by playing, and these are quality players”.

“He played very well as he also did in the previous games”. The game could’ve been very different at 1-0, when Wilf [Wilfried Zaha] has the chance.

Willian smashed in Chelsea’s second on the hour with a thumping shot from outside the area and shortly afterwards Costa capped a hard-working performance with a close-range third goal.

“Previously, Chelsea conceded a lot of goals”.

“But the attitude is okay and then automatically they come and play with their quality”.

“A player who can defend so smoothly is lovely to see”, Hiddink said.