Chelsea striker Didier Drogba believes the club's next three Premier League games will be vital to their title aspirations.
The club have taken just five points from a possible 18 in recent weeks, and lost to Olympique Marseille in the Champions League on Wednesday.
It is not the kind of form to go into the next three games with, not least because they face title rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal before the new year.
The current Premier League champions have let a five point lead at the top of the table turn into a two point deficit, and they are looking a far cry from the team that demolished teams in the first two months of the season.
Drogba said in the Evening Standard: "Obviously these three games are not coming at the right time for us but they will change the situation we're in now if we win them. It's not finished yet.
"It's a difficult moment for us but this is the kind of thing that can happen to many teams.
"It's rare for Chelsea to have a period like this and I hope it's going to get better.
"It's not getting any easier because we have Tottenham next but not a lot of people expected us to lose to Marseille or expected Chelsea to have a difficult moment."
"Maybe everyone will expect us to lose on Sunday but it could be different.
"I see Tottenham as genuine title rivals. They're having a good season and there is no reason why they can't challenge.
"Chelsea used to beat them regularly but things change, that's life. It is up to us to make it happen again."
Source: Goal
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