Gary Cahill dismisses Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho’s jibes over Chelsea’s ‘defensive football’
GARY CAHILL is turning a deaf ear to Jose Mourinho and the critics accusing Chelsea of winning ugly in the Premier League title race.
Antonio Conte appeared to be struggling at the start of the season but some drastic defensive changes and a new formation whipped his side into stunning shape.
Gary Cahill celebrated Chelsea’s win over West Ham on MondayGetty Images
The Blues play with three centre-backs as well as midfield anchorman N’Golo Kante stamping out fires all over the pitch.
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The defender suffered a torn shirt in the London derbyNews Group Newspapers LtdThe England ace changed shirt in the middle of the match showing off all his hard workEPA
And in the build-up the FA Cup clash between the league leaders and United, Mourinho said: “They score one goal and they win.
“They defend a lot. They defend well.”
But centre-back Cahill is happy the weekly dressing-room celebrations are drowning out the moaners.
The England ace said: “I don’t care how we are top of the league. I think we are top of the league for a reason.
“We have been working hard, playing well, not conceding goals, scoring goals. that’s why we are top of the league.
“We just want to keep that going. I cannot stress enough it’s not over, we’ve got a difficult month next month which is going to be important obviously.
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“We're focused, we're not listening to any noise, we know what we're doing, we're fully ready to try to see this over the line.
"I just see that we have put ourslves in a good position.”
"I've been there before, when we won the league we were eight points clear of City and all of a sudden we were level on goal difference.
"I know the points can disappear. That's why we need to keep focused, if everyone is aware of that, and we keep the hunger that is in the team and the squad at the minute, then we will be OK.”
Cahill scored the second goal for Chelsea in their 4-0 win over Manchester United in OctoberTimes Newspapers LtdThe defender fired past David De Gea on an embarrassing afternoon for Jose MourinhoTimes Newspapers Ltd
Manchester United were crushed 4-0 in the Premier League match back in October and the England defender expects another huge clash.
Cahill, who scored in that one-sided romp, said:“It's a fantastic game, for us, for the neutral, for everyone involved, it's a huge game.
Cahill does not care if critics call Chelsea a defenmsive side as long as they are winningGetty ImagesThe Blues were not boring on that day as they swiped their Premier League title rivals asideGetty Images
“There’s some big teams still left in the competition, you're not going to dodge the big teams at this stage.
“Certainly if you go on and win the competition you will deserve to with whose left in.
“Our game is massive on Monday. We will be ready for it. We've got a week now to prepare.
“Hopefully we can keep everyone fit like we have been managing to do this season, and we'll be prepared."
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