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Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas not giving up on catching Tottenham in UCL race
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Cesc Fabregas accepts he would rather be in Tottenham's position as Chelsea continue to give chase for a Champions League spot.
Chelsea
cut the Premier League gap to fourth-placed Spurs to two points as
Fabregas secured a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Swansea.
But
Spurs have a game in hand -- against Watford on Monday night -- and will
be expected to win at Wembley and increase their advantage to five
points with three games to play.
"We won, so they [Spurs] will
probably feel that they need to do well and not drop points anymore,"
Fabregas said. "But the advantage is for them because it's not up to us.
"Even
if we win every game and they do well, we will not be in the Champions
League next year, so that's why I would prefer to be in their position.
"We just have to keep on winning, but they obviously have the advantage because they are on top."
Chelsea's third successive away win has also given them hope of
overtaking Liverpool, who were surprisingly held at home by lowly Stoke
on Saturday.
Third-placed Liverpool are six points better off than
Chelsea but have played a game more, and travel to Stamford Bridge next
weekend.
"We have been winning games, not comfortably, and that
is the most important thing," Fabregas said. "Sometimes when you are in a
dip of form and you are struggling to get points, to win whatever it
takes, to do it is always positive.
"I think we've been doing well
that way, because every team we play is fighting for something. You
could see that with Swansea and it will be the same when Huddersfield
come to Stamford Bridge. We have had to dig in in certain moments and we
are ready to do that."
Fabregas' Liberty Stadium winner was his
50th goal in the Premier League - 35 of them coming at his former club
Arsenal, but the Spain midfielder had not scored in the league since
Chelsea's 2-0 home win against Everton in August.
"I was waiting
for it [50th goal] to happen and it took longer than I expected," he
said. "Playing in this [deeper] position it's a little bit more
difficult for me to get forward and to get into positions to score.
"But
in this game we had three midfielders and I have a little bit more
freedom to go forward to play a bit more in the position I've played
throughout my career."
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