Published: 20:18, 25 October 2025 | Updated: 20:18, 25 October 2025

With the District Line suspended at Fulham Broadway for the weekend, Chelsea’s fans faced a lengthy walk to get to the next nearest tube station to Stamford Bridge, but there was plenty for them to discuss while pounding the pavements after this.

Namely, how whenever their team flirt with entering the title conversation, they show exactly why are not yet near it. Nobody has dropped more points from winning positions than Enzo Maresca’s young side this season, and they squandered a chance to move to second in the Premier League here.

However, you hope while picking over the pieces of their own team’s shortcomings, those supporters reserved some praise for the remarkable story that is Sunderland.

They are causing a wonderful commotion, with their supporters the loudest to have visited the Bridge for some time. A breath of fresh air, they left singing: ‘We’re gonna win the league.’

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