Ballack rates Chelsea clash with Liverpool as six-pointer

Michael Ballack rates Chelsea's clash with Liverpool tomorrow as a six-pointer in the title race.

The Germany midfielder told chelseafc.com: "Mentally it is important because they are three points behind us and we can double the gap. They know this and they want to close the gap, but we have a little bit of an advantage playing at home, and hopefully we can use this.

"The previous matches were exciting, so why not this one? It is a big game and everyone is looking forward to it.

"I said last year I don't think you have to win every game against the top four, you want to do well all season but if you lose one of these six games or eight games against the others you can deal with this in the whole year, it is the same three points you play for against Wigan."

 
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