Chelsea are not in Premier League title race - Maresca - video Dailymotion

Enzo Maresca has played down Chelsea's title ambitions ahead of their Premier League match against Southampton

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00:00You say consistently that you're not in the title race. Do you still maintain that?

00:06Absolutely, yeah.

00:08Your level though on points and goals scored and goals conceded with Arsenal, who are in the title race, so what's the difference?

00:15That they have been there in the last two years, very close to City and we were very far to City.

00:22You're not doing it to protect your players, take the pressure off?

00:26No, no, I said to be in the title race is nice pressure for me and for the players.

00:33It's not that kind of pressure that you don't like, it's that kind of pressure that you like because you are in the title race.

00:39But it's not our case and the reason why I said, because Arsenal in the last two years, they were very, very, very close to City, Liverpool.

00:48They have been there and we were not there and as I said, hopefully soon we can be there.