Time to make a Marc!

BLUES TARGET EUROPA

- HARRY PRATT

MARC CUCURELLA has warned buoyant Chelsea cannot allow standards to slip again this season.

After a dreadful run of form and results left Mauricio Pochettino's men sitting in the bottom half of the table, they bounced back in style on Thursday with a thrilling victory over United.

Manchester Cucurella is convinced that their 4-3 win at Stamford Bridge, which included hattrick hero Cole Palmer scoring twice in stoppage time, means the Londoners can still make a late surge for European qualification.

Indeed, the Spanish defender argues that fate is in their hands with nine league starting with games left today's trip to basement boys Sheffield United.