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Tom Coley

Graham Potter and Todd Boehly pinpoint £109m fix to major Chelsea issue in Jose Mourinho tactic

Chelsea could keep clean sheets in all of their remaining Premier League games and still have conceded more than Jose Mourinho's 2004/05 title-winning team.

If any one team in the league wants to break the record of just 15 goals then Arsenal and Newcastle can only concede three more each, and Manchester City just two. Teams score more goals these days but it's unlikely that anyone will be challenging Mourinho's record soon. Here's a spoiler, they never do.

The issue for Chelsea is that this isn't just a 'this season thing.' Their record at the back has dropped off majorly since Thomas Tuchel's initial five months at the club. In 2022 they have conceded 35 in 31 matches, in 2021 that ended up as 32 in 42.

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