Jon Obi Mikel has admitted his relief that he doesn't have to face Chelsea's fearsome attack.
The Blues have begun the defence of their Premier League title in a free scoring fashion, with 21 goals being fired in. This ruthless edge has seen them collect all 15 points available while rivals Manchester United and Arsenal have dropped four behind.
With the first big test of the season coming this weekend with the match against Manchester City, Obi Mikel was in confident mode the attack would keep up the club's momentum.
"If I was a defender playing against Chelsea, I would be very scared because you don't know where we're going to come from - we have Ashley Cole bombing forward on the left side all the time," the Nigeria midfielder as quoted as saying by skysports.com.
"So it is hard to know what to expect when we have all these players bombing forward all the time.
"If you look at our front three, none of them have a static position, they are all moving around.
"It is the same with the midfield although I tend to stay a little bit more because I cannot afford to leave that position.
"Playing that way helps us a lot while the other team is thinking about whether to follow Nicolas Anelka's runs, Frank Lampard or Michael Essien."
The Blues have begun the defence of their Premier League title in a free scoring fashion, with 21 goals being fired in. This ruthless edge has seen them collect all 15 points available while rivals Manchester United and Arsenal have dropped four behind.
With the first big test of the season coming this weekend with the match against Manchester City, Obi Mikel was in confident mode the attack would keep up the club's momentum.
"If I was a defender playing against Chelsea, I would be very scared because you don't know where we're going to come from - we have Ashley Cole bombing forward on the left side all the time," the Nigeria midfielder as quoted as saying by skysports.com.
"So it is hard to know what to expect when we have all these players bombing forward all the time.
"If you look at our front three, none of them have a static position, they are all moving around.
"It is the same with the midfield although I tend to stay a little bit more because I cannot afford to leave that position.
"Playing that way helps us a lot while the other team is thinking about whether to follow Nicolas Anelka's runs, Frank Lampard or Michael Essien."
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