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"It is frustrating to see their (Chelsea) position in the league but we have to give them credit for how good they have been.
"Our points total is the best it has been at this stage of the season for about 10 years.
"So we can only applaud the consistency Chelsea have achieved. I have no doubt we can also achieve that consistency.
"Unfortunately there is no guarantee of clawing back Chelsea's lead as they are unrelenting.
"They defend really well so you cannot see them losing many games.
"The injuries we had did not help and that's when we had our worst set of results.
"Once we started to get players back our form improved dramatically.
"Generally I am happy with the way we are progressing. We have a lot of young players but it is important we do not start setting standards too low.
"We have to make them aware every game is important to us. I am sure they realise that anyway so motivation should never be a problem.
"We lost a game dearest to most of our fans hearts in the derby (against Manchester City) and we have to admit they got wired right into us. That's what cost us."