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Alan Shearer: 'Chelsea the team to beat but title race will be tight'

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Chelsea will be the team to beat in this season's Premier League, but the title race will be a lot tighter than last year, according to Alan Shearer.

BBC pundit Alan Shearer has said that Premier League champions Chelsea will be the "team to beat" this season.

Jose Mourinho's side won their fifth league title in 2014-15, ending the season eight points ahead of Manchester City.

"Chelsea won at a canter last season, certainly from February on, but it will be tighter," Shearer told BBC Sport.

"[Chelsea] will still be the team to beat."

The ex-England captain also predicts that the top four of Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal and Manchester United will be the same as last year, but possibly in a different order.

Chelsea play Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday.

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Alan Shearer of Blackburn Rovers in action during the Charity Shield match against Everton at Wembley Stadium in London. Everton won the match 1-0 on August 12, 1995
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