Chelsea are 9 points clear and their latest 1- 0 win over Crystal Palace was their 11th successive win.
One more and it will be a new club record. Diego Costa did the needful against Crystal Palace.His combined tally of 13 goals and 5 assists is the highest in Europe’s top five leagues – so he’s shaken off the lethargy he had under Mourinho last season.
Coincidentally all four of Chelsea’s previous titles – in 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10 and 2014-15 – have come having topped the table at Christmas.
They can start ordering the champagne already.
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