Three red, two green. It makes no sense at all. The present Premier League table depicts only three teams that, in their past five matches, have recorded three defeats and two victories. For West Ham it is a sign of a team in crisis. For Burnley it is indicative of where most of us expect them to be. For Chelsea it is enough for the west London club to be sat, still, in the top four but if they keep on boomeranging between success and failure then their Champions League place will dissipate.

When it clicks for Frank Lampard’s side they look more than worthy of being part of Europe’s elite but they are disjointed and passive far too often. At the heart of the