AVB Admits Chelsea's Out Of Favour In The Title Race

Chelsea’s manager Villas-Boas sees himself forced to admit that it will be very hard for the Blues to fight for the title now after they were unable to win against Fulham and only got a draw out of what was a very tense match.

“The title will be pretty difficult now,” said Villas-Boas”The distance by the end of today could make it very hard for us to challenge for the title.

“It would have been a good December for us if we’d finished with six points from two home games, but taking this draw into account it makes it difficult now.

“There is no big drama in how we change our perspective but you have to be realistic.

“Unexpectedly we reduced the gap to seven points a few weeks ago but with Manchester City continuing to pick up points, as well as Manchester United, it makes it difficult.”

He added: “Drogba has been involved in every fixture since November apart from Carling Cup game.

“We decided to bring in Fernando who has been working well and he did well for the team and assisted Mata for the goal.

“He showed the same level of commitment as he has been in training in today’s game so I was happy.”

The manager announced a revolution in January when many will leave and just as many will come so it would be best for those who want to stay to use these last few moments wisely. Who do you think should leave?