Celebrations are over - Mourinho
Jose Mourinho believes even the celebrations are over ahead of Chelsea's final game of the season with Sunderland.
The Barclays Premier League champions will be presented with the trophy after Sunday's match and parade it, and the Capital One Cup won in March, through west London on Monday.
Sunderland avoided relegation with one match to spare and Chelsea won the title with three games to go, so there is little to play for at Stamford Bridge.
"The motivation is to be the champions for us, and for them it's not to be relegated," Mourinho said.
"We are already celebrating our title. They are already celebrating these last fantastic weeks they have had with good results.
"We are over - probably them too - with celebrations.
"Now there is a last match. Obviously we want to win. I also believe they want to win. That's normal."
Despite Chelsea's commanding success this season, Mourinho knows a top-four place and Champions League qualification has to be the first target for his side next term.
"The most important thing I learned was last season, when I realised that after being away from England for a few years - five, three in Madrid, two at Inter - was to realise it's more dangerous to be a contender," Mourinho added.
"It's more dangerous to be a title-contender manager because you start the season and you don't know what is waiting for you.
"You can be champions, you can qualify for the Champions League, you can even be out of Champions League, out of the top four, because at this moment in England there's five, six teams from the top who are really strong."
Sebastian Larsson has admitted Sunderland cannot afford to keep flirting with relegation or they will eventually be caught out.
The Black Cats secured their Premier League status with a hard-fought goalless draw at Arsenal on Wednesday, the second time in 12 months they had dragged themselves back from the brink.
There were wild celebrations on the pitch at the Emirates Stadium as Dick Advocaat's weary troops enjoyed their moment, and they will head for Chelsea on Sunday knowing they are safe regardless of what happens during the final 90 minutes of the campaign.
However, Sweden international Larsson knows the avoidance of failure is very different to success.
He said: "Obviously, we are all very happy, but we are not celebrating, really, in that sense. It's relief that we have sorted the situation out which we never should have found ourselves in in the first place.
"Yes, we are happy and relieved, but once again, everyone really needs to have a good long, hard think about things to really make sure we don't end up in this situation again because sooner or later, you do go down if you keep balancing on the line like that."
Nevertheless, Advocaat and his players deserved their moment in the limelight after managing to take 12 points from eight games following the Dutchman's arrival on Wearside in March.
Sunderland fans are understandably keen for the 67-year-old to be installed as Gus Poyet's permanent replacement, with talks due to take place between the former Holland boss and chairman Ellis Short next week.
Advocaat, who had reportedly promised his wife that he would call it a day after his cameo on Wearside, will give the club an answer on Thursday, but Larsson admits there is support for him within the dressing room, too.
He said: "Yes, I'd be more than happy if he stayed. But as players in this situation, you have got to try to stay out of things like that, especially where we have been.
"All the focus has been on the games, so to be honest with you I haven't even thought anything about who is going to be the manager next year.
"That's for the manager and the people who run the club to decide, but clearly he's done a good job with us and I'm sure if he wants to stay and the club wants him, we'll all be happy to have him."
Source: PAR
