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This is when Chelsea are most effective - Jermaine Jenas
CHELSEA showed against Bournemouth they are lethal on the counter and more dangerous without the ball.
Antonio Conte: We are a team not eleven individuals
That is according to player-turned-pundit Jermaine Jenas.
The Blues were victorious again yesterday as they prevailed 3-1 winners away at Bournemouth.
Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Marcos Alonso netted for Antonio Conte’s Premier League leaders.
However, Chelsea did not have it all their own way.
Antonio Conte's Chelsea side have been lethal on the counter this season
Josh King halved the Cherries’ deficit late in the first half to give Eddie Howe’s men hope and they dominated for large passages.
But Jenas feels Chelsea were always in command of the situation, as proven throughout the campaign.
The Blues have scored 65 times in their 31 games, and Jenas surprisingly suggests they are in a better position when waiting to break than running the show.
“I personally think Chelsea are most effective when they don’t have the ball,” Jenas said on BBC’s Match of the Day.
When they don’t have it, I worry for teams. Teams think they’re in control
“Yes they can break teams down and they have done that on numerous occasions at Stamford Bridge with the unbelievable players they’ve got.
“But when they don’t have it, I worry for teams. Teams think they’re in control.
“It’s the numbers they can fly forward with.
“Bournemouth were probably thinking ‘we’ve got this here, were in control, we can probe and find the moment’, but the reality is Chelsea are the ones in control.”
Chelsea kept their seven-point lead over Tottenham, with title glory edging nearer in west London.
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