Comparing the Premier League top five of 2012/13 with this season as Arsenal and Chelsea improve

Chelsea

12/13 finish: 3rd, 75 points.

After 16 games 12/13: 3rd, 29 points.

After 16 games 13/14: 2nd, 33 points.

The return of Jose Mourinho seems to have given renewed confidence to the Blues, although Rafael Benitez didn’t actually do that badly, but was just an unpopular figure from the start.