Chelsea Look To Overcome Man United Hurdle

Jose Mourinho’s table-toppers are currently 7 points in front of second-placed Arsenal, who are involved in FA Cup semifinal action against Reading this weekend.
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Third-placed Man United are a point further back, having played a game more than CFC, but Louis van Gaal’s men will arrive in London on a run of six consecutive victories.
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Chelsea need just twelve points from their seven remaining matches to win their first league title since 2010 and while a defeat on Saturday wouldn’t spell the end of their challenge, it would give the chasing pack a glimmer of hope.
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The Blues’ form over the whole season was reflected on Thursday when the Chelsea pair of striker Diego Costa, currently the Premier League’s joint top-scorer on 19 goals with Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane, and the gifted Eden Hazard were among the six nominees for England’s Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League Player of the Year award.
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Last week Mourinho said Hazard was “by far the best player” in the league and it was a view backed up by Chelsea attacking midfielder Oscar.
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“In my opinion he (Hazard) is the best player in the Premier League at this moment,” Oscar told Goal.
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“Hazard has been so consistent and he deserves to be considered as the best player in England.”
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Meanwhile, former United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar said fellow-Dutchman van Gaal was the right man to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford.
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Van der Sar, who won four titles at Old Trafford, said his old club would be in serious contention to lift the Premier League trophy next season, even if it was likely to prove just beyond their grasp this term.
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“With a little bit of luck, they could have done that this season but for Chelsea winning a lot of those games with late goals – but let’s hope so,” van der Sar told United’s website.
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“Believing in the philosophy of Louis, at the start of the new season, I think he can bring the club back to the place where it belongs.”