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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Manchester United striker, Michael Owen, has given an honest verdict on Chelsea\u2019s Premier League title chances after they failed to beat Brighton on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Chelsea played a 1-1 draw with Brighton at Stamford Bridge following goals from Romelu Lukaku and Danny Welbeck.<\/p>\n

The result means Chelsea are now eight points behind leaders, Manchester City on the Premier League table after 20 games.<\/p>\n

Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side are in the second position on the log with a point ahead of third-place Liverpool who have a game in hand.<\/p>\n

But Owen believes Chelsea must at least get four points in their next two Premier League games, otherwise, they will be the first team out of the \u2018big three\u2019 to drop out of contention in the title race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [Chelsea] have to get [at least] four points [in their next two matches against Liverpool and Manchester City] or otherwise I think they would probably be the first team out of the big three [Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea] to drop out of contention [in the race for the Premier League title],\u201d Owen was quoted by Premier League\u2019s official website as saying on Wednesday following Chelsea\u2019s draw with Brighton.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s next two Premier League games are against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on January 2 and Manchester City at Etihad on January 15.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Manchester United striker, Michael Owen, has given an honest verdict on Chelsea\u2019s Premier League title chances after they failed to beat Brighton on Wednesday night. Chelsea played a 1-1 draw with Brighton at Stamford Bridge following goals from Romelu Lukaku and Danny Welbeck. 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