Source: Team_Talk
Cech proud of hard-to-crack Blues
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has hailed the team's resilience this season as they stand on the brink of an historic League and FA Cup double.[LNB] Chelsea's victory over Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday made it six out of six against this season's Champions League-qualified teams - the first time in the Premier League era that a clean sweep over the other three has been achieved.[LNB]It is a marked contrast to last season when Chelsea won just one of the corresponding games - away to Arsenal. The other five yielded a home draw to Manchester United and four defeats.[LNB]But Cech highlights the team's resilience as another reason why Carlo Ancelotti's side top the Premier League summit with just one game left to play.[LNB]Whenever Chelsea suffered a setback, the Blues returned stronger and that is a major boost for Cech.[LNB]"We are confident and we know that we shouldn't lose two games in a row," said Cech. "We know that when something goes wrong, we always want to put it right the next game and so far it has worked well.[LNB]"We have won all of those big games home and away. Last season, before the change of the manager, we gave points to our rivals."[LNB]Sunday's results moved Cech level with Liverpool's Pepe Reina in the race for the Premier League Golden Glove. Both now have 16 clean sheets.[LNB]But Cech is putting all thoughts of personal glory aside as Chelsea chase their first title since 2006 this weekend.[LNB]Victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge on Sunday would deliver the Barclays crown in Ancelotti's first season in charge.[LNB]"If at the beginning of the season someone had said we were going to play the last game at home and a win would win the league, I think everybody would have signed for it," declared Cech. "So we know what we have to do. We play at home and it is always good if you can win a title at home."[LNB]Meanwhile, Chelsea collected their first trophy of the season on Tuesday night when they won the Youth Cup for the first time since 1961.[LNB]Dermot Drummy's side took the trophy with a hard-earned victory over Aston Villa, which saw the side come back from a one-goal deficit.[LNB]It set a target for the senior side to replicate on Saturday 15 May in the FA Cup final against Portsmouth at Wembley.[LNB]A second-half comeback saw Marko Mitrovic and captain Conor Clifford both get on the scoresheet as Chelsea ran out 3-2 aggregate winners.[LNB]"It is a dream come true," said Clifford. "I am delighted. We had personal goals at the beginning of the season and I said mine was to lift the Youth Cup as captain, and I have done it now. It hasn't sunk in yet, it is brilliant.[LNB]"We always looked the stronger team but just couldn't take our chances.[LNB]"It was just a case of keep going and going and waiting for the weak link of their team to make a mistake and it paid off, we got back into it with a great goal from Marko and a good goal to win it for us.[LNB]"But we were piling on the pressure and seeing their faces, they were getting nervous and were asking the ref how long was left and that was giving us more incentive to keep going at them."
