Clearly it is not necessary to convince any of my readers that the sacking of Di Matteo is unjust but it is always nice to look at some numbers. Around a month ago, Chelsea were top of the Premier League with 22 points from eight matches, an improvement of 10 on those same 10 fixtures last season. They had also just lost their third Champions League match of the season, 2-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk, but had four points from their first three fixtures in the competition.
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