Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is keen for his players to embrace the pressure of a top four battle.

For victory over Watford, goals from Olivier Giroud, Willian and Ross Barkley saw Chelsea to a comfortable three points, but with the likes of Wolves, Arsenal, Sheffield United and Tottenham all still harbouring European ambitions, Lampard believes his team will have to get used to the intensity of the run-in.

"We'll have to accept the pressure. Pre-West Ham, we could have gone third and we let ourselves down," he told Sky Sports.

"Today, there was a bit of pressure to get back to fourth and we produced, so get used to that pressure - whatever way it looks - because it's going to be tough all the way through."

“We played some nice stuff," he added. “It's difficult against a low block sometimes, a team that comes here to defend. I think the way we broke it down was good.

“I thought we became a bit safe in the second half, but [we kept] a clean sheet. On set-pieces they're a big team, people are looking at us for set pieces now and we defended them really well. It was a comfortable evening for us."