AVRAM GRANT still believes Arsenal
remain a title threat despite
last Sunday's 2-1 victory
over the Gunners at Stamford
Bridge.
Chelsea hope to cement their
position behind leaders Manchester
United at the top of the
table with a win over Middlesbrough
tomorrow - but Grant is
not expecting an easy ride with
just seven games remaining.
His preparations have been obstructed
by an injury to John
Terry and an illness to his England
team-mate Frank Lampard.
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Lampard has yet to train since
returning from England duty but
Terry should be fit to face Gareth
Southgate's side after overcoming
a hamstring problem.
However, Grant is remaining
cautious as Chelsea prepare for
the title run-in.
We might drop points on the
way,'' said Grant. We need to go
game by game.
Middlesbrough drew at Arsenal
last time, so we need to do our
job. It won't be easy. But I don't
think Arsenal are out of the race.
You need to keep your players
focused all the time, especially
now when you're coming up to
the last games. We've done a good
job up to now.
We were many points behind
Arsenal and now we're above
them. But they're still in the race.
That's my opinion. Not even one
team will take all the points.
Frank Lampard is not feeling
too well. He didn't train today but
we'll see tomorrow. John Terry
trained and I think that he'll be
okay.
We have a game every three
days for the next few weeks.
We're not just thinking about the
next game, but other aspects like
physical condition. We have to
think like that.''
Grant was criticised by the
Chelsea fans during the win over
Arsenal for taking off Michael
Ballack and Claude Makelele and
replacing them with Juliano Belletti
and Nicolas Anelka.
The crowd chanted you don't
know what you're doing' and Ballack
stormed off down the tunnel
- clearly unhappy at his removal
from the action.
But Grant insists he has no
problem with either Ballack or
the reaction of the supporters.
Grant added: People like to
look at the negatives. Many,
many supporters of Chelsea support
the club and even support
me.
If others think otherwise, it
doesn't affect me. I have to do my
job. I do the tactical side, what I
have to do in the condition of the
players. I don't hear any other
noises. I think I need to do my job,
not pay attention to things from
outside.
You do what you think can
win you the game. Even Makelele
was playing well last week but we
needed to change things to win
the game."
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