Cech dismisses Arsenal title tilt

08 February 2010 13:08
A brace from Didier Drogba sealed three points for the Blues and put Carlo Ancelotti's men nine points clear of the third-placed Gunners.[LNB]Cech was able to celebrate his 200th appearance with a landmark cleansheet and is confident Chelsea can wrestle the title from Manchester United.[LNB]He told his official website: "It could not have ended better. We claimed such a vital win, I helped the team with a number of saves and, on top of that, it was my 100th league cleansheet.[LNB]"I think we have cut off Arsenal by this win and they will find it only very difficult to erase the nine-point gap at this stage of season, especially with the tough games they are going to play yet."[LNB]Cech thinks that keeping ahead of United was important, after Sir Alex Ferguson's men racked up an impressive 5-0 victory against crisis-club Portsmouth to top the table on Saturday.[LNB]"The win is important because we have managed to respond to United's win. [LNB]"We knew that if we had drawn with Arsenal, then they would have stayed infront of us on goal difference. [LNB]"That makes our win even more valuable as we have managed to cope with the pressure."[LNB]"For the rest of the season the decisive thing will be the consistency of results. The team which will drop least points on the way will win the league."[LNB]Cech's views were echoed by team-mate Michael Ballack, who claims that the Gunners are tactically naive in matches against their title rivals.[LNB]He told the London Evening Standard: "We wanted to do our job. We knew the way Arsenal play. We could see it in our first game against them and against United - it is always the same style.[LNB]"If you play tactics like we did, you can beat them. [LNB]"Football is about winning games and that is what United showed when they played them and that is what we did.[LNB]"This season and the season before they showed they weren't able to win the league."[LNB][LNB] Barclays Prem 2009/10 Win Outright: Chelsea 8/13  

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