# Xabi Alonso at Chelsea: Improving defence and discipline, but is attack regressing to the mean?

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1 outlet covering · First listed: The Athletic, Nov 10, 2026, 11:20 PM · Read it: <https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7770319/2026/11/11/xabi-alonso-defence-discipline-attack-analysis/>

Defeat at Sunderland was sobering going into the international break, but Chelsea appear to be on the right trajectory under the Spaniard

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- Nov 10, 2026, 11:20 PM: [Xabi Alonso at Chelsea: Improving defence and discipline, but is attack regressing to the mean?](<https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7770319/2026/11/11/xabi-alonso-defence-discipline-attack-analysis/>) — The Athletic (Sports, United States)
  Defeat at Sunderland was sobering going into the international break, but Chelsea appear to be on the right trajectory under the Spaniard