Victor Moses says Chelsea have no fear of Manchester City
The 26-year-old is close to returning from a grade three hamstring strain and was forced to watch on as Man City gained a nine point lead in the table.
Moses insists that the squad are still like “brothers” and are ready close the gap ahead of a busy run of fixtures.
“I think we have done well. We as a team, whatever happens, we stick together as a team and do the best we can,” Moses told Goal after he had been shortlisted for both the BBC’s African Footballer of the Year and also the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Player of the Year awards.
“I think people have been a bit too harsh but we as players don’t need to think about that or concentrate on what people have been saying.
“These criticisms are the kinds of things that makes a player stronger. We know that we just need to believe in ourselves and prove them wrong then win as many games as I can. We are 100 per cent together. We are like brothers here and we are all sticking together and working hard together.
“Even after losing against Roma, we believe in ourselves collectively and individually. We have great players. We just take each game as it comes. We beat Manchester
United, now everyone is saying that we’re the best. Football is like this. We believe in ourselves and work hard together as a team.
“Why can’t we compete with City, United or any other club? Our players are good enough to compete with anyone. We have a lot of games to go so you can’t tell who’s going to win the league. We are nine points from Man City but we believe in ourselves and we believe that something can happen further down the line and that we will find ourselves back at the top.
“We still believe in ourselves and in the manager we have got so we will keep working hard and see where it takes us. Yes, this season is going to be harder than last season now we’re in the Champions League as well. We are playing Tuesday, Saturday or Sunday on most weeks, but as players we are not looking at that.
“We are just trying to play as many games as possible and trying to win football matches. If we can win all the trophies then that would be a great bonus for us. We don’t need to compete with City alone.
“We beat them home and away last season and we are the champions of England so we can believe in ourselves and we all want to win every trophy this season. We are still in the Champions League, Premier League and Carabao Cup, then there’s the FA Cup as well.
