Florent Malouda insists Chelsea are not taking anything for granted after moving to the top of the table with the win over Manchester United.
Chelsea surged two points clear at the summit to move into pole position in the race for the title with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.
Malouda, who was named man of the match, helped set up Joe Cole's opener and gave United full-back Gary Neville a torrid time throughout the game.
The Frenchman admits there is still a lot of hard work ahead for his side if they are to take the championship back to Stamford Bridge.
"It is going to be very difficult," Malouda told Sky Sports 1 when asked about his side's title chances.
"If we play the way we played today, we have a big possibility but it's going to be very, very hard.
"We wanted to be on top of the league after this game. It was hard but I think we played really well and for us it means a lot after the bad week [when Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League] we had.
"We had to react and we reacted in the best way."
Malouda felt United were not at their best and believes their midweek Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich took a lot out of the reigning champions.
He added: "Champions League matches take up a lot of energy and that is why we started the game so quick.
"We knew that if we played with a high intensity they could have some problems."
Chelsea surged two points clear at the summit to move into pole position in the race for the title with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.
Malouda, who was named man of the match, helped set up Joe Cole's opener and gave United full-back Gary Neville a torrid time throughout the game.
The Frenchman admits there is still a lot of hard work ahead for his side if they are to take the championship back to Stamford Bridge.
"It is going to be very difficult," Malouda told Sky Sports 1 when asked about his side's title chances.
"If we play the way we played today, we have a big possibility but it's going to be very, very hard.
"We wanted to be on top of the league after this game. It was hard but I think we played really well and for us it means a lot after the bad week [when Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League] we had.
"We had to react and we reacted in the best way."
Malouda felt United were not at their best and believes their midweek Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich took a lot out of the reigning champions.
He added: "Champions League matches take up a lot of energy and that is why we started the game so quick.
"We knew that if we played with a high intensity they could have some problems."
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