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AVB to focus on Champions League after Chelsea's win at Sunderland

Andre Villas-Boas will simply do what he is told and shift his focus to the Champions League after Chelsea won 2-1 at Sunderland today.

The Blues produced their most competent performance of the season to grab maximum points at the Stadium of Light but Villas-Boas is already thinking about Bayer Leverkusen at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night.

"I just have to focus on what the owner has told me. One of his obsessions is to play well, and that's what we try to do," he said.

"Of course, we have to add the trophies to the playing well situation, and that's our main focus as a top team, there's nothing new in that.

"If you take the European trophy, of course it is a dream to everybody, but it's the most difficult trophy to win when you see the level of the other European teams as they are and it's going to be a massive challenge again.

"We just have to go step by step on it. We have two days to rest only before the Leverkusen game with Bayer having one day extra to rest, and we have to focus on getting the first three points before going to Valencia."

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