Interim Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez is looking for the Blues to reduce the ten point gap on the leaders Manchester United with three points on their visit to Sunderland. "My thoughts are clear - we have to win against Sunderland and we can be closer to at least one of them," he said.
"If we can be closer sooner rather than later, much better. Obviously we'll have our chances if we start winning games."
Thrashing Nordsjaelland 6-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday gave Benitez his first victory in four matches as temporary chief.
"The last game was really good. We can talk about the level of the other team, but it was the Champions League," he said.
"The intensity was fantastic and I was really pleased with the performance of the players. At 75 minutes we were still pushing and pushing.
"It was the same at 86 minutes, so I think they showed the character they have.
"Fernando Torres was working very hard and the team was better attacking. He scored two more goals and hopefully there will be more."
