Antonio Conte has warned his Chelsea players that they will only guarantee Premier League title success if they win six of their remaining eight games.
Eden Hazard declared "we are almost there" as Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte targeted six wins in the final eight games to clinch the Premier League title.
Chelsea responded to last Saturday's surprise home loss to Crystal Palace with a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday night.
The manager said: 'The situation is clear - eight games left and we need to qualify for the top four, and that is our target for the end of the season.
"This race is open". I realised, okay, we have to play real, real good to win the games.
"No", he said when asked whether he knew the Spurs score, "but first of all I think it's better to look at ourselves". These are the most important things in football.
Chelsea will still be facing Watford, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Sunderland at home, visiting Bournemouth (next game ahead), Everton, Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion away this term.
City sit fourth in the Premier League table, with Arsenal and Manchester United snapping at their heels in fifth and sixth, respectively.
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Guardiola, who felt City's performance was better than in Sunday's draw at Arsenal, said: "Absolutely (City were better than Chelsea)".
"We've got great attacking players and they've been great all season, but we fell short".
"We missed a little bit Gundogan's goals in this part of the season, definitely". "We created chances but we had problems to score and when that happened we suffered", he added.
"For this reason, we must be focused and try to win six games".
"[Marco Silva's] done an outstanding job with Hull, I like the way they play, they play with a lot of talent and very offensive". I did it and I think we will be better.
Tottenham have not won the league since 1961.
"I tried to adapt to the players as much as possible".
The Tigers' only league win on the road was at Swansea in August, but they will head to the Etihad full of confidence after winning three of their last four matches. "For this reason, we have to win 18 points". I was disappointed with what happened after the game [at Chelsea on Wednesday] but I immediately saw what we have done to improve.
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