Luiz Felipe Scolari has waved away praise for the way Chelsea have been playing this season.

"It is due to the players and their characteristics," the Brazilian told the Independent.

"We are playing a more open, closer football, more touches, closer to each other.

"Don't forget that we included Deco in the team - and he is a player who does that transition.

"And like Deco, [we have] other players of great quality like Lampard, Anelka, their football grows because they work more with the ball."