Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas isn't bothered by what their title rivals think.

Chelsea thrashed Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok yesterday.

When asked if he felt his team's display was a statement to their rivals at the top of the league, Villas-Boas said: "I don't think so. It is just something that fills us with pride because it is not as if we have not been trying to do this before.

"We have, but football is a game full of uncertain things and for various different reasons - luck, or lack of efficiency - we were not able to find a result with this expression before.

"But I think in all of the games we have been creating the same amount of opportunities, and here we were just more prolific. It paid off very well."