"I think Sir Alex realises we weren't too far away from United when they were at the very top of their game," 

"I don't think United have another level to go to. They had a lot of players in their team who have been at the peak of their form for the last two years.

 "Rio Ferdinand has been awesome for the last two years and Cristiano Ronaldo was unbelievable - I don't think you'll see that again. 

"Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, Ryan Giggs - they have all been fantastic. With the injuries we've had, as players we can all raise the bar a little bit. 

"With it being that close in the Premier League and Champions League; they know we'll give them a big run for their money. 

"I think we can close the gap because Man Utd were at the very top of their game last season. 

"I'm taking nothing away from them because they've been unbelievable over the past two years. But we've been very close to them and we had injuries and a change of manager." 

"Seeing United win the trophy was frustrating," 

"It doesn't get any easier seeing them lift the trophy that we made ours when Jose Mourinho first took over. 

"We want it back and that's what we aiming for. We have to move on from last year. 

"We were the nearly team last year - almost won the Carling Cup, almost won the Champions League, almost won the Premier League. 

"We were very close, but at the end of the day we weren't good enough and we need to raise the bar. 

"We must set ourselves big targets to win the Premier League, to win the FA Cup, to get back to the final of the Champions League and win it. 

"That's the target for the whole Chelsea team and fans." 

Amen.

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