SALOMON KALOU warn 'We can wrap up title by Christmas'

• zocoss

  5 Nov 10, 10:00

  

  Kalou we can wrap up title by Christmas

   

   

   

  SALOMON KALOU has warned Manchester United they will be stuffed if they have not cut Chelsea's five-point lead come Christmas.

  The Blues forward reckons his team will have the Premier League crown as good as wrapped up if the margin between them and United is not slashed by Yuletide.

  Chelsea top the Premier League with 25 points from the opening 10 games. United are third, level on 20 points with second-placed Arsenal.

  Kalou said: "The goal is to be even further ahead in the Premier League by Christmas. "The next month or so is a very important time of the season in relation to the title. If we can still be at least five points ahead of Manchester United by Christmas, it will be a good step towards the title."

  Despite Manchester City's money and Arsenal's potential, Kalou revealed last season's Double winners Chelsea still see Alex Ferguson's side as the main challengers to their top-flight throne. And Kalou, who helped the Blues seal their berth in the Champions League last 16 with a 4-1 win over Spartak Moscow on Wednesday, said: "Other teams will be challenging but we still see United as our main rivals.

  "That's why it was important to get qualification from the Champions League group out of the way quickly. "Now we can concentrate on the Premier League and the FA Cup."

  The Red Devils and the Gunners might be breathing down Chelsea's neck in the race for the title. But Blues striker Didier Drogba shrugged off the danger, insisting: "Our most difficult opponent is us. "If we lose points like last year we could be in trouble again. It is down to us to keep winning and keep increasing the gap."

  Next up for Carlo Ancelotti's men is a Sunday visit to Liverpool, who are showing flickering signs of recovery after a disastrous start to the season.

  Drogba was Chelsea's captain for the win over Spartak, as Ancelotti rested John Terry. And the Ivorian said: "It was important the manager was able to rest some players and we will be able to go to Liverpool with fresh legs.

  "I'm not sure it's a good time to go there. They're a strong team and we have to be ready because the one thing you know about Liverpool is that it is a difficult game.

  "They might have had a bad start to the season but they have won their last two games and their confidence will be higher.

  "Liverpool are always Liverpool. "They will give us a lot of problems. We have to know how to solve them."

  
  
• si mi lan jiao?????

  5 Nov 10, 10:22

  only 10 games,already talk cock.

• Rock^Star

  5 Nov 10, 10:52

  Talking big will always backfire on you.....unless you are mourinho heh heh.

  when mancini first arrived at city, they were in 5th or 6th position and he was saying that winning the league is a good possibility. They just lost to Lech Poznan yesterday and there's serious dressing room unrest, starting from their captain Tevez.

• dragg

  5 Nov 10, 13:05

  talk big again.

  surely will lose the next match.

   

• Y_Shun

  5 Nov 10, 17:05

  wtf dun talk this kind of cok lol

  damn

  Dec Chelsea defintely will drop points

• zocoss

  8 Nov 10, 01:54

  It really happen... Amazing... and I remember someone said they will have Pool for breakfast, lunch, dinner n supper... lol.

• Rooney9

  8 Nov 10, 01:56

  good if they still think like this. wonder how ancelotti will view of this when he reads his comments.

• jgho83

  8 Nov 10, 01:59

  Kalou can wrap up the title nicely by Xmas and send it to Man United. Talk cock talk big and they lose 2-0 lol. what a joke.

• mrwonderful

  8 Nov 10, 02:08

  kalou is not first team material. now become so cocky also. look how lousy he was against pool.

• reyes

  10 Nov 10, 14:46

  obviously Salomon dint pass his maths if he ever been to school.

   

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  10 Nov 10, 18:35

  Tis is wad we call

   

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