Premier League: 'Chelsea to win title' says Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson
Saturday 17 January 2015 20:25, UK
Gylfi Sigurdsson believes Chelsea will lift the Premier League trophy this season.
The Icelandic midfielder said that the Blues "are the ones to catch" after witnessing their power at first hand as Swansea were torn apart at the Liberty Stadium where the table toppers won 5-0.
Oscar and Diego Costa scored two apiece in a first-half demolition job, the Swans restricting Jose Mourinho's men to a solitary Andre Schurrle goal after the break.
Sigurdsson told Sky Sports News HQ : “They are very strong. Individually they are very good and as a team they don’t make too many mistakes and their defence is very good.
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“They’ve got a good goalie as well so I think they are the team that will probably win the league. They are the ones to try and catch.”
And his Swans' team-mate Dwight Tiendalli was also impressed by the visitors from Stamford Bridge.
The Dutch defender said: “Chelsea are a very good side. We knew that before and I think they are going to win the league.
“It was very painful of course to lose 5-0 at home. We knew we were playing a good side and we conceded the first goal quite early in the game.
“I think after that the team were a little bit down and we conceded a lot of goals in a short space of time which is unacceptable. Today was an off day.
“We lost too many easy balls, especially in the first half and that cost us the game. If you don’t keep the ball you know Chelsea are going to break quickly and they did that well today.”
