Grant - We're still in it

Chelsea boss looking for wins over Everton and United

Last updated: 14th April 2008

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Grant: Not giving up

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Avram Grant insists Chelsea will not give up in their pursuit of the title, despite the 1-1 home draw with Wigan Athletic.

Chelsea are now five points behind leaders Manchester United, with four games to play, after Emile Heskey scored an injury-time equaliser for the Latics.

Blues boss Grant was pleased with his team's second-half performance at Stamford Bridge, but acknowledged the difficulty in overhauling the reigning champions.

"We need to win the games against Everton and Manchester United," said Grant. "If not, it will be more difficult.

Keep fighting

"We are still in it and we will keep on fighting, but we need one more bad result off Manchester United.

"The result did not help us today, but I thought the second half was one of our best performances from the footballing point of view.

"Every three or four minutes we created chances, but their goalkeeper gave an excellent performance. This is football though; when you don't score the other team does.

"We know at some stage you can lose the points, but we didn't want it to happen today.

"First half we didn't play good, but it was one of our best performances in the second half, but you need to score a second goal.

"It is very disappointing. The fans need to respect the football we played even though we didn't win the game.

"We have played good football in many games and created a lot of chances, but we don't use them so much."

Shock

Didier Drogba missed the game with a knee injury, which will require a scan, while Frank Lampard was a late withdrawal due to personal reasons.

Grant added: "It is a personal matter with Frank and I would prefer to leave it at that.

"I didn't like the first half, but I think the players were a bit in shock because one of our best players had to leave the team at the last moment, which is understandable.

"Didier will have a scan tomorrow and we will see. We will wait and see with Frank as well."