Every now and again you get a period when everything just falls into place. It feels like you could even try to make a mess of things, but everything would still keep coming up roses.It could be getting to work and the bus catches every set of lights on green and there is no queue at the coffee shop. It could be that perfect sporting day, a game of golf or tennis or whatever when it all seems so easy and you begin to see things almost in slow motion.These days are rare for most of us mere mortals but right now, Chelsea Football Club as a whole seems to be going through just one of these periods and it isn’t lasting a day, it is continuing for month after month.The women winning the WSL was perfect with their trouncing of Reading at the weekend, adding to what is nothing short of an astonishing season so far, but there was been plenty more. The last-minute winner away to Man City courtesy of Marcos Alonso was another joyous moment, when even a player who hasn’t been used regularly waltzes into the side and glides in at the back post to score the winner. On top of that, Sergio Aguero decided to join the Pat Nevin school of penalty kick taking in the Man City v Chelsea fixture (you can compare and contrast them below), just when we were at our most vulnerable.

Keep on rolling

Almost every team around us in the league have been looking for, and finding, exciting new ways to shoot themselves in the foot. West Ham, Leicester and Spurs each decided to blow it at the weekend, just as we got three unexpected points. Unexpected that is by most, except all of us who have been watching Chelsea every week lately and know we are on a roll to end all rolls right now.The roll has got us within touching distance of the top-four finish we all crave alongside the two cup finals obviously. A win against Arsenal tomorrow would be a delicious way to just about nail that top-four spot, although another result against Leicester might just be needed. Once again there will be a huge number of decisions to be made, but in that we brought in Reece James, Marcos Alonso, Billy Gilmour, Hakim Ziyech and eventually Kurt Zouma and Callum Hudson-Odoi, yet we still managed to overhaul the champions elect, the decisions though hard are not in any way negative or risky.

I said a few weeks ago that this could conceivably be the best season in Chelsea’s history. Well very little has happened in the meantime to make that less likely, in fact quite the opposite. The quality performances throughout the entire squad have been exceptional. They would have to be to keep the likes of Olivier Giroud and Tammy Abraham out of the action when both are fighting fit and raring to go. I would not be in the slightest bit surprised if one or both of them still have massive roles to play in the next five vital games.Describing them as vital games sounds like an understatement. They are crucial, even historic games for the club. You often find coming into these sorts of periods that the group is hanging on a bit with so much to play for in such a short time, with injuries and suspensions looming, but this time it feels very different. The form and the results haven’t dipped and although Mateo Kovacic and Andreas Christensen have knocks, they do not provide difficulties we cannot overcome.

City conquered

There were plenty of headline performances at the weekend and some fabulous one-on-one battles. Alonso getting the better of Joao Cancelo was one, their Portuguese having been brilliant this season. He was left for dead for the winner and Marcos was unlucky not to score before that as well. At the start of the game Benjamin Mendy v Reece James looked as if it would be pivotal, with the City wing-back bossing the first 15 minutes. By the middle of the second half Reece was so on top and was becoming so dangerous, Pep Guardiola hooked Mendy and tried to get Zinchenko to stop our marauding wing-back, to limited effect.You have to be a well-oiled team but you also have to win your own individual battles. Our lads seem fearless whoever it is they are facing, be it Manchester City, Real Madrid or the doomed Fulham. A big player for us was Billy Gilmour and what a bonus for Thomas Tuchel that he can put the young Scot in the engine room at the Etihad and now knows for sure he will not let him or anyone else down.

There is incredible belief coursing through this group of players and on top of it all, the expectations are limited. Consider the pressure on Manchester City in the Champions League final. If they lose it will be considered a failure, as they have been trying to get this trophy for so long. Chelsea have already won it and nobody was betting on us at the start of the campaign, or even by the start of the knockout stages. Leicester are sinking a little rather than swimming in the league, so they have to find some confidence and form.A win against Arsenal will pile the pressure on everyone around us and that is exactly what you want to do at this crucial time. It is back to the old question, who will Thomas Tuchel choose to win this game? Right now, it is hard to see him picking a starting 11 that we will not be confident about at 8.15pm tomorrow night. A final worry, are there going to be too many games too close together? Currently, they can’t come quick enough for the team, the manager or the fans.

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