Soccer-It's Crystal clear...Chelsea don't like smaller teams

By William Schomberg LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - If Chelsea fail to land a fifth top-flight title - as now looks likely after their shock 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday - it will be because they flopped too often this season against smaller teams. Jose Mourinho's men have won most of the matches against their title rivals this season, a league double over Manchester City and a 6-0 thrashing of Arsenal the highlights of a string of successes against the elite clubs. However, their five Premier League defeats have come against teams outside the top four - all away at Palace, Stoke City, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Everton. Chelsea were also dumped out of the Capital One Cup at second from bottom Sunderland and twice lost to rank Swiss outsiders Basel in the group stages of the Champions League.



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