Ben Chilwell is hoping his Chelsea side can match the consistency of Liverpool and Manchester City next season as Thomas Tuchel's side eye a Premier League title challenge.
Chelsea kept pace with Liverpool and City for the start of the season, but the duo quickly showed their strength and pulled away from Tuchel's inconsistent side after Christmas.
The left-back, who was sidelined for much of last season with a knee injury, has revealed his teammates at Stamford Bridge have been in discussions about mounting a title challenge. They will have Raheem Sterling to add to their attacking ranks.
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Chilwell believes Liverpool and City have set the standard in the league: "City and Liverpool have set the bar, for maybe the last five years, which every other team in the league is aspiring to get at.
"Me being a Chelsea player, I'd say we're the closest to them, and we're aspiring to get on that same level as them. We showed in patches last season that we could compete with them, but it's that consistency that they've shown - they're not just one season wonders, they've done it season-in, season-out for the last five years.
"We've got talent in the team. We showed that in the Champions League two years ago. We showed it in the first half of the season last year. We beat Juventus 4-0 in the Champions League. So we've shown we've got that talent in the team. We just need to now have that consistency that Liverpool and City have got."
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