
Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 3-0 to move level on points with Arsenal.
Chelsea have also moved two points clear of Manchester City who have dropped to 5th place.
Liverpool however have a massive nine-point lead ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea.
Despite Chelsea’s strong position and massive improvement, Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea aren’t ready to compete for the Premier League title.
“We are not ready to compete with Liverpool, Arsenal and (Manchester) City, for many reasons,” Enzo Maresca said after Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa.
“Just because we won today I’m not going to change my idea. We’re not ready for that. But the good thing is we are improving and hopefully very soon we can be there.
“We need to improve many things, we can attack better, defend better.
“You have to live moments to get better. This kind of players, some of them in their experience have played only one final, the Carabao Cup final (in February).
“It’s been the most important game they’ve played. You need to live moments to get better when we start to get these moments, we’ll get better and we can compete.
“Arsenal, Liverpool, (Manchester) City players have all lived finals and competed for titles. We’re going to be there soon but it’s the reason we are still far and not ready to compete.”
Enzo Maresca is clearly trying to deflect attention from the Chelsea team.