Chelsea ahead Christian Pulisic mentioned the staff can count on a tricky problem from fellow Premier League top-four contenders in the house stretch of the season however they’re prepared for the struggle after Saturday’s 4-1 win at Crystal Palace.
United States worldwide Pulisic netted a brace and Kurt Zouma and Kai Havertz additionally struck as Chelsea responded to final weekend’s 5-2 loss towards West Bromwich Albion to climb to fourth with 54 factors from 31 video games.
Sixth-placed West Ham can leapfrog them on Sunday in the event that they win their sport in hand towards Leicester City.
“It’s going to be tight. We need to put some good results together. We’re ready for this challenge,” Pulisic informed the BBC.
“We had a tough day (against West Brom). We won’t win every game but the way we responded, we’re definitely happy… We were playing very aggressive and that drove us through the game.”
Pulisic has struggled for kind and health this season with 5 objectives in all competitions, however the 22-year-old backed himself to ship in their remaining matches.
“There’s been a lot of things going on this season but I’ll work hard to do my best in any way I can,” Pulisic mentioned.
Havertz scored his first league objective since October and arrange one other for Pulisic as Chelsea scored greater than two below supervisor Thomas Tuchel for the primary time.
“It’s easy to play with players that have this quality… after winning 4-1, it’s easy to say you’re a good attacking team – but we have to go again and after the season we can speak about it,” Havertz informed Sky Sports.
“I have to prove it in more games.”
Chelsea subsequent face Portugal’s Porto in the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday, having received the primary leg 2-0 final week.
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