Grant refuses to give up
15 Apr 2008 - 07:46:00
- Grant refuses to give up
Chelsea coach Avram Grant is adamant that his side can still clinch this season's Premier League title even after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Wigan Athletic at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues are now five points behind leaders Manchester United with only four matches of the season left after Emile Heskey's stoppage-time goal ensured the points were shared.
Chelsea play Everton at Goodison Park on Thursday before entertaining United on April 26 and Grant knows his side needs to take six points from those two matches if they are to have any chance of securing their third title in four seasons.
He said: "We need to win the games against Everton and Manchester United. If not, it will be more difficult.
"We are still in it and we will keep on fighting but we need one more bad result off Manchester United.
"The result did not help us but I thought the second half was one of our best performances from the footballing point of view.
"Every three or four minutes we created chances but their goalkeeper gave an excellent performance. This is football though, when you don't score the other team does."