Are results in pre-season a guide to
form in the coming campaign? We take a look at the past experiences of
Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United in discussing the
importance or otherwise of a good pre-season…
"Pre-season is fake, for good and for bad. If you're very
bad, it's fake, and if you're too good, it's fake." Jose Mourinho's
reaction to Chelsea's 4-2 defeat to New York Red Bulls revealed how
little stock the Blues boss puts in pre-season results. But is he right?
Mourinho
could point to a 3-0 defeat to Werder Bremen last summer - a game from
which he insisted he "learned nothing"- as evidence of the
insignificance of pre-season results. His Chelsea team subsequently
embarked upon a 21-game unbeaten run in the season proper.
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