• ‘Our moment is here and we need to play well,’ says midfielder
• Chelsea lead Manchester United by point with three games left

Deco believes Chelsea must view the final rounds of the Premier League title race as a “war”. Three matches of the season remain with Carlo Ancelotti’s side one point ahead of Manchester United at the top of the table. They face Stoke City on Sunday while 24 hours earlier, the current champions host Tottenham Hotspur.

“The first thing we need to know is that we are first,” Deco, the Portuguese midfielder, told www.chelseafc.com. “The last three games will be difficult and of course there is pressure in our minds because we need to win our games if Man Utd win theirs.

“It is a war and we need to be prepared, but if you said on the first day of the Premier League in August we would be one point clear with three games to go, two at home and one game away, we would all say ‘OK we’ll sign’. Now our moment is here – we have three games and we need to play well and be together.”

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