The hitman, the Premier League’s top scorer with 14 goals,
believes the Blues no longer have the ability to win big
matches.
They lost 2-0 at Liverpool last Sunday. And Anelka said: “We
just didn’t know how to play against Liverpool.
“From the start of the season we’ve lost our tests against the
biggest teams. Every time it seems our opponents are at least as
strong if not stronger than us.
“Whenever the biggest matches in the Premier League come along
we have just not shown we know how to perform at the ‘real’ Chelsea
level.
“Liverpool were superior. They laid on a really good performance
and pressed us out of the game. “If Frank Lampard hadn’t been sent
off we might have managed a draw but the fact is we weren’t in
shape to do better than that. We couldn’t have won. That’s a very
hard thing to have to admit.”
Scolari’s stuttering Blues are now five points behind leaders
Manchester United and three adrift of Liverpool. Anelka added:
“Although I don’t believe we are dead in the water for the title
race it’s going to be really, really hard to win.
“We need to raise our standard of play, step up a gear, get
stuck in more in the big matches and we need to improve our
technical displays.”