Jose Mourinho has urged Chelsea to "enjoy the moment" and make sure they overtake at least one of their Premier League title rivals in Thursday's traditional Boxing Day fixtures.
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Swansea City are the visitors to Stamford Bridge on a day that also sees leaders Liverpool travel to Manchester City, who are in third place.
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Just two points separate the top five, with Arsenal second, Chelsea fourth and Everton fifth.
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"The best way to get the first objective, which is top four and Champions League (qualification), is to be close in the title race, so let's enjoy the moment," Mourinho said.
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"I know Swansea are a good team with good players and a certain style of play, but we are two points behind and two title contenders are playing each other. It is important for us to win."
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Chelsea drew 0-0 at Arsenal on Monday, the day after Swansea had been beaten 2-1 at home by Everton.
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"It is a bit more difficult for us because we played on Monday and our opponents played on Sunday, so they had one more day to rest – and one more day is a lot," Mourinho added.
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"But I hope Stamford Bridge is there for us. When I say Stamford Bridge I mean Stamford Bridge with noise, because last Boxing Day Chelsea were 11 points behind the leaders – Chelsea were out of the title race – and we are there now.
Lets hope they can look up in the game against Swansea with Hazard's first goal in the first half. They need 3 points ..
Good to know they won today's game but they've still not been convincing this season at all. They don't even deserve been in the Top4.