Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been discussing how the team is looking to improve and feels consistency could be key in the next few games, starting against Fulham today.
We head to Craven Cottage on the back of three consecutive clean sheets in all competitions, having gone more than 345 minutes without conceding a goal when you include extra-time against Manchester City and the second half of the match with Manchester United.
Considering that three of the four games during that period have been against sides currently in the Premier League’s top four, it is clear the Blues’ back line has become a tough nut to crack recently, but that is no coincidence according to Loftus-Cheek.
‘We’ve been working a lot more on being solid as a team defensively,’ he revealed. ‘I think that showed in the last couple of games, obviously keeping City at bay and then the clean sheet against Tottenham. So we’re improving on that and I think we’ve got enough talent in the team going forward that we can create chances and score goals.
‘The system hasn’t been changed. We’ve been doing what we’re doing, playing how we’ve been playing since the start of the season. We’re just picking our moments, when to press and when to sit off and be compact. We’ve been loads better at staying compact as a team and pressing as a team throughout the game, so that’s improved.
‘We are making progress. These days can happen where it just doesn’t go right, that’s football. Consistency in football is the hardest thing. To keep playing at a high level week in, week out, three times a week is very difficult. Consistency helps you win titles, so this is the biggest thing for us. If we can keep these top performances up we can be a great team.’
