The Blues now hold a seven point lead over Tottenham, and with just seven games remaining, Antonio Conte's men are in prime position to win their fifth Premier League crown.
Alonso capped Chelsea's 3-1 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday evening with a superb free-kick to maintain a seven-point lead over second-placed Spurs, who had cut the gap to four for a few hours by beating Watford 4-0 at lunchtime.
"It wasn't easy to play this game after the win of Tottenham, but our reaction, our answer was very good", he told reporters.
Asked if United will gain extra motivation by attempting to dent Chelsea's title drive, Conte replied: "I do not know about this, I think Manchester United for sure will have good motivation, because we are playing against Chelsea". If I don't see pressure, I put pressure on. Chelsea will face a similar situation next weekend too, with Tottenham playing Bournemouth at home on Saturday before Chelsea travel to Manchester United on Sunday. "To become a great season and to write history you must win". "But in the second half we did well to control the game". Every team needs to defeat the team on top of the table.
But, with the pressure mounting in the closing weeks of the season, Chelsea showed nerves of steel as Adam Smith's own goal and strikes from Hazard and Marcos Alonso wrapped up a vital win.
Cesar Azpilicueta joins in as Marcos Alonso celebrates after scoring Chelsea's third goal.
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"There are seven games to go, and we have a schedule that's not easy", said Conte.
It is all a far cry from Chelsea's struggled last season, when they ended up 10th in the table and without a trophy following the sacking of Jose Mourinho.
"I am happy for Eden and he scored a good goal; he is doing a good job, good work during the game", said Conte.
Spurs star Alli, who turns 21 on Tuesday, is one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League and Chelsea great Lampard feels he will only continue to get better and better.
"Now we have stayed there, top of the league, and have tried to change the opinion of the others".
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