Waching daily Dec 30 2018

Chelsea playmaker Willian has not given up hope of catching Liverpool in the Premier League title race despite being 11 points behind the runaway leaders

The west Londoners moved five points clear of Arsenal in fourth place with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon, with N'Golo Kante's solitary goal deciding the contest

But far from looking simply to qualify for the Champions League, Willian does not think Liverpool's lead at the top of the table is unassailable.

Yeah our target is to stay at the top,' Willian told beIN SPORTS when asked about Chelsea's title hopes

We know we cannot talk about the title, we know we are 11 points from Liverpool.

link 'But we have to believe. In football, you never know. Even more in the Premier league

So we have to believe until the very end, and we have to win games.'. Speaking about the win over Palace, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri said: 'I think we played against a dangerous opponent

They are dangerous on attacks. We had to have good positions. 'We were in good control of the match

We didn't kill the match so for us it is difficult to defend in the box. For 85 minutes we were very good, without conceding for the opponents

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