It's Chelsea's goalscoring prowess that has grabbed the attention in the recent good run of form, and quite rightly so with the season breaking the previous best for finding the net, but quietly going about their business well has been the defensive unit.
Just two goals have been conceded in four consecutive wins and this despite injury forcing a major change around in personnel.
In the back four that has played the greater part of the last four games, only John Terry remains from the defence with Ricardo Carvalho, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole that was in place for the majority of the season.
Yet despite the switching, Petr Cech who has witnessed the performance at close quarters, sees no adjustment problems.
'The point is Paulo [Ferreira] used to play as first choice right-back for many seasons and JT was playing with him, and Alex and JT have played together many times in the past,' he says.
'The only really new member of the defence is Yury [Zhirkov] so this is not a big problem for us. You can see the defence are doing well and Yury is a quality player so he fits in there.
'You need to communicate all the time and when you have some new players coming in who haven't played for some time, of course it is different but basically we know each other which is good.'
The importance of communication between the goalkeeper and the two centre-backs goes without saying but Cech confirms he also keeps talking to the wider-placed men in front of him.
'The position of any member of the defence, and even John Mikel Obi in front of them is important, and if you have one full-back attacking, the other has to always be in a good position so that we keep the balance at the back.
'As the goalkeeper, you see it better than them because you are behind and they try to follow the game and try to help the attack. We use both full-backs at lot for the attacking play. So we need to keep the balance and we need to communicate so that not everyone goes forward.'
The defence has remained tight against opponents Bolton this season with both previous meetings ending 4-0 in Chelsea's favour - but last season's match at Stamford Bridge is a warning that the Trotters can be a danger. From a position of 4-0 down once again, they fought back to put three goals past Cech.
'Always we have been winning at the Reebok but always we have had difficult games against them at home so I expect the same,' notes the Chelsea keeper.
'They have been resting for 10 days and they could prepare for the game and they have nothing to lose. They come with no pressure.
'We all know that on a good day Bolton can cause problems so we take every game seriously, especially when you have a cup game and have to come back to the Premier League three days later.
'That is dangerous and we know that we have to be really serious and play well to win the game.'
Just two goals have been conceded in four consecutive wins and this despite injury forcing a major change around in personnel.
In the back four that has played the greater part of the last four games, only John Terry remains from the defence with Ricardo Carvalho, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole that was in place for the majority of the season.
Yet despite the switching, Petr Cech who has witnessed the performance at close quarters, sees no adjustment problems.
'The point is Paulo [Ferreira] used to play as first choice right-back for many seasons and JT was playing with him, and Alex and JT have played together many times in the past,' he says.
'The only really new member of the defence is Yury [Zhirkov] so this is not a big problem for us. You can see the defence are doing well and Yury is a quality player so he fits in there.
'You need to communicate all the time and when you have some new players coming in who haven't played for some time, of course it is different but basically we know each other which is good.'
The importance of communication between the goalkeeper and the two centre-backs goes without saying but Cech confirms he also keeps talking to the wider-placed men in front of him.
'The position of any member of the defence, and even John Mikel Obi in front of them is important, and if you have one full-back attacking, the other has to always be in a good position so that we keep the balance at the back.
'As the goalkeeper, you see it better than them because you are behind and they try to follow the game and try to help the attack. We use both full-backs at lot for the attacking play. So we need to keep the balance and we need to communicate so that not everyone goes forward.'
The defence has remained tight against opponents Bolton this season with both previous meetings ending 4-0 in Chelsea's favour - but last season's match at Stamford Bridge is a warning that the Trotters can be a danger. From a position of 4-0 down once again, they fought back to put three goals past Cech.
'Always we have been winning at the Reebok but always we have had difficult games against them at home so I expect the same,' notes the Chelsea keeper.
'They have been resting for 10 days and they could prepare for the game and they have nothing to lose. They come with no pressure.
'We all know that on a good day Bolton can cause problems so we take every game seriously, especially when you have a cup game and have to come back to the Premier League three days later.
'That is dangerous and we know that we have to be really serious and play well to win the game.'
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