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Title race not over yet – Ancelotti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti challenged his players to win their five remaining games after closing the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United.<\/p>\n

“We are six points behind and it will not be easy to close that,” said Ancelotti, whose team defeated Birmingham 3-1 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Our aim is to win every game and after that see how our position is. It will not be easy but that is our aim.<\/p>\n

“We have to believe until the referee whistles for the end of the game.”<\/p>\n

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In football, I learned that everything can happen in the game right up to the final whistle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti<\/span><\/div>\n

With Arsenal held 3-3 at Tottenham, the men from Stamford Bridge moved above the Gunners and into second place on goal difference.<\/p>\n

Chelsea have now won six of their last seven top-flight fixtures and have five games left to try to overhaul United and retain their Premier League title.<\/p>\n

Ancelotti’s team travel to Old Trafford for a match against United on 8 May, while the Red Devils also have to play Arsenal.<\/p>\n

“The game is not finished but Manchester United have a fantastic advantage,” added Ancelotti.<\/p>\n

“We now have two games at home and after that we will have to wait and see.”<\/p>\n

Chelsea went six top-flight games without victory between 14 November and 27 December and have not been as high as second in the table since the middle of that poor spell of results.<\/p>\n

But with his team hitting form at the right time, Ancelotti added: “In football, I learned that everything can happen in the game right up to the final whistle.<\/p>\n

“You can win the title in the last minute and you can lose the title in the last minute.<\/p>\n

“If we thought that one month ago we’d have a little chance to come back to fight for the title, I think that everyone could have said we were crazy.”<\/p>\n

Chelsea won the title with 86 points last season but currently have 64 points and cannot break the 80-point barrier this campaign.<\/p>\n

“To win the title we’ll need less points than last season,” reflected the Blues boss.<\/p>\n

“We won it with 86 last season. With a total of 80 points, United can win the title. They need 10 points to reach that target.”<\/p>\n

But Ancelotti refused to confirm whether wining the title would improve his chances of remaining in charge next season.<\/p>\n

The Premier League is his team’s one remaining chance of winning silverware, but the Italian said: “Questions with ‘if’ are not good.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the season, we will have a big press conference, a strong and tough press conference.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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