Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas feels their Carling Cup win over Everton sets them up nicely for the derby with Arsenal.

Looking ahead, the manager believes Wednesday's win will now help the side's preparation for Saturday's lunchtime kick-off against Arsenal, a game he wants to win to get us back on track in the Premier League.

"It was important," he stressed to chelseafc.com. "To be fair after a defeat that happens like that, although we have nothing to say about the effort we put on against Queens Park Rangers it was important to go back to winning ways and to do it in this fashion is more gratifying.

"Although the physical effort is immense the emotional benefit you gain from this is tremendous and it helps us to recover for Arsenal and to try to get back to winning ways in the Premier League.

"If you see our timesheet we have minutes spread out by everybody because we have immense talent available and we are able to distribute minutes through everybody. I think we are under a good logic and physically we won't have problems."