Source: PA
Premier league teams fear Chelsea - Kalou
Be afraid, be very afraid - that was the message from Salomon Kalou to the rest of the Barclays Premier League after Chelsea had hammered out another six-goal warning to their title rivals.
Following West Brom last weekend, it was Wigan this weekend who were on the wrong end of a 6-0 drubbing.
No team in Premier League history has made a start to a season like Chelsea have these past two Saturdays, and while there are still 36 matches remaining, it is an ominous beginning.
Critics will say they have only beaten West Brom and Wigan, two of the sides likely to be battling against relegation this season, that the bigger tests are yet to come. That is true, of course, but it was Wigan who ended Chelsea's six-game winning start to last season with a 3-1 victory.
Putting six goals past two Premier League teams in the space of eight days is no mean feat, and according to Kalou, the rest of the top flight should sit up, take notice and be concerned.
"Two games, 12 goals - we've started the season like we finished last year," said Kalou, who netted the fourth and fifth goals late on after coming on as a sub for Florent Malouda who had opened the scoring. "When you are the defending champions you have to scare the other teams, and that's what we are doing. I hope that after these two games any team we play will be afraid of Chelsea."
