Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho saw his team beat Aston Villa 2-1 away in a scrappy match, while second place Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw with lowly Hull City at the Etihad that now sees Chelsea seven points clear at the top of the Premiership.
The Portuguese manager however says there are too many games still to play and the Blues lead means nothing.
“In another country I would say it’s fantastic, in this country I would say it’s nothing,” said Mourinho “Every game is difficult, anything can happen. It’s very, very difficult.
“Seven points means seven points, we have 14 matches to go. We are speaking about 42 points to play for and in 42 we have a lead of seven. I think it’s nothing.”
He added: “I’m surprised by nothing. In this country every team can take points so I am not surprised. I didn’t care about it. Somebody told me after the game and that was it. Before the game I was not worried and during the game and I didn’t imagine the result.
“When you are top of the league you don’t need other teams to lose points. If they lose, good, but if they don’t it’s not a problem. We have to focus on ourselves. If we win the next game we have a seven-point lead with 13 matches to go. Let’s try to go step by step.”
