Source: Team_Talk
In-form Kalou takes aim at title
Chelsea star Salomon Kalou is in the mood to fire the Blues to their first league title since 2006 when they tackle Wigan on Sunday afternoon.[LNB] Kalou smashed a treble as Chelsea demolished Stoke 7-0 and the Ivory Coast international admits he is in the best form of his career in England as the Blues stand on the brink of a Premier League and FA Cup Double.[LNB]Kalou, 24, has started three out of the last four games and is determined to win his first Barclays title by helping Chelsea to beat Wigan in their final home match of the season.[LNB]Three points against the Latics would guarantee Carlo Ancelotti's side the Barclays crown in the Italian's first season in England and Kalou is in the kind of form to help.[LNB]"I think it is my best form and I think it is because I keep playing," said the Ivorian.[LNB]"Before I used to play one game and then not play and then play the next game. Now I have started the last couple of games and I am looking forward to finishing the season strongly.[LNB]"I have scored a lot of hat-tricks before with Feyenoord. It was something that I was looking forward to doing at Chelsea and they never came.[LNB]"To do it at this part of the season is very important for me and for the team because that win against Stoke gave a boost for the team to go for the title. I hope Sunday will be the same scenario and we will win at home in front of the fans.[LNB]"After 10 months of hard work, if we don't capitalise on Sunday all that work will be in vain. Just one game can spoil everything and we have to play like we want to be champions.[LNB]"In the whole season you can't play at the same level and be on top every time. The difference in winning the title is when you are not on top form you have to come back to the basics where you fight for every game, and that is what we do well.[LNB]"I get better every season and I want to get better every season. I can learn a lot.[LNB]"The second season I played better than the first. The third season I scored important goals for the club and this season I think I am playing stronger than I ever did before.[LNB]"I think that hard work is paying off and every year I can develop myself as a player and one day become that player people expect me to be at Chelsea."[LNB]Kalou insists the Chelsea squad are doing nothing different in terms of their preparation for Sunday's crucial encounter and while other teams may show some fatigue, the Blues are motivated by the prize on offer.[LNB]"We are just training like we train before every game and even if it is the most important game of the season, if we play like we know how to play then it should be a nice game to watch," added Kalou.[LNB]"We should go there and enjoy the moment because you don't get these opportunities always. Playing for the title in front of your own supporters, we have to enjoy that and make them enjoy it as well and hopefully in the end we can all celebrate together.[LNB]"I think everyone feels the season has been a long season but we don't show it because we have a big prize at the end to play for. When you have such a good prize at the end the adrenalin makes you not think about being tired."[LNB]If Chelsea clinch the title on Sunday, they can become only the seventh team in the history of the English game to achieve the double by beating Portsmouth in the FA Cup final on May 15 and Kalou is determined to finally start such a massive game.[LNB]In 2007, he came on during extra-time in the FA Cup Final and remained on the bench in last year's final success over Everton.[LNB]"It's step by step and I have never even started any type of final for Chelsea," said Kalou. "This could be my first one and it would be a special game for me which I am looking forward to."
