{"id":287114,"date":"2011-03-02T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/chelsea-goalkeeper-petr-cech-manchester-united-victory-was-our-only-chance-of-retaining-the-premier-league-title\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:53:00","slug":"chelsea-goalkeeper-petr-cech-manchester-united-victory-was-our-only-chance-of-retaining-the-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/chelsea-goalkeeper-petr-cech-manchester-united-victory-was-our-only-chance-of-retaining-the-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech: Manchester United victory was our only chance of retaining the Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ian Murphy<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 16:53:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.3121562156\">\n<div readability=\"13.7191011236\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Petr Cech, Chelsea (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fcd7cc0764470_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Petr Cech, Chelsea (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"34.9676632093\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/czech-republic\/996\/petr-cech\">Petr Cech<\/a> admits that his side&#8217;s 2-1 victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> on Tuesday night was their only hope of retaining the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> title.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from January signing David Luiz and a Frank Lampard penalty were enough to see Chelsea recover from Wayne Rooney&#8217;s opener and pick up three crucial points.<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s team now sit in fourth place in the Premier League table, 12 points behind leaders United with a game in hand and a trip to Old Trafford still to come.<\/p>\n<p>And while Cech admitted that the victory was crucial to their faint title hopes, he was also keen to state that the title is United&#8217;s to lose.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to his official website<em>, <\/em>the &#8216;keeper said: &#8220;It is a very important win and it was our only hope of retaining at least some chance of winning the title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are still 33 points in play, so it may happen. But it all depends  on Manchester and whether they will feel the effects of this defeat.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They still have it in their own hands and 12 points is a good lead. We have to keep winning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Czech international revealed that spirits in the dressing room were high after Tuesday&#8217;s result, and feels that it could provide a springboard for Chelsea to catch up with United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were in a terrific mood,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;After all, beating Manchester United always makes one happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are our traditional rivals in the title race and the win is very valuable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are yet to play  at Old Trafford and if we could succeed there, it would take us even  closer to United.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fcd7cc0764470_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/02\/2376220\/chelsea-goalkeeper-petr-cech-manchester-united-victory-was\" title=\"Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech: Manchester United victory was our only chance of retaining the Premier League title\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech: Manchester United victory was our only chance of retaining the Premier League title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 16:53:00 Petr Cech, Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech admits that his side&#8217;s 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Tuesday night was their only hope of retaining the Premier League title. Goals from January signing David Luiz and a Frank Lampard penalty were enough to see Chelsea recover from Wayne Rooney&#8217;s opener and pick up three crucial points. Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s team now sit in fourth place in the Premier League table, 12 points behind leaders United with a game in hand and a trip to Old Trafford still to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech: Manchester United victory was our only chance of retaining the Premier League title - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/chelsea-goalkeeper-petr-cech-manchester-united-victory-was-our-only-chance-of-retaining-the-premier-league-title\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech: Manchester United victory was our only chance of retaining the Premier League title - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 16:53:00 Petr Cech, Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech admits that his side&#039;s 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Tuesday night was their only hope of retaining the Premier League title. 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