There are few in the Chelsea squad who think about football facts and figures more deeply than Petr Cech and the significance of Chelsea's 'big four' success this season is not lost upon him.
The Liverpool win made it six out of six against this season's Champions League-qualified teams - the first time in the Premier League era that either ourselves, Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool have enjoyed a clean sweep over the other three.
It is certainly a contrast to last season when we won just one of the corresponding games - away to Arsenal. The other five yielded a home draw to Manchester United and four defeats.
'So far the biggest difference to last season is that,' acknowledges Cech.
'We have won all of those games home and away. Last season, before the change of the manager we gave points to our rivals.'
Cech highlights the team's resilience this season as another reason why we top the pile with one game to go. There have been set backs but they have more often than not been followed much better displays.
'We are confident and we know that we shouldn't lose two games in a row,' says the keeper. ‘We know that when something goes wrong, we always want to put it right the next game and so far it has worked well.'
Sunday's results move Cech level with Liverpool's Pepe Reina in the race for the Premier League Golden Glove. Both have 16 clean sheets.
The Chelsea keeper naturally has more pressing concerns this coming weekend.
'If at the beginning of the season someone had said we were going to play the last game at home and a win would win the league, I think everybody would have signed for it. So we know what we have to do. We play at home and it is always good if you can win a title at home.'
The Liverpool win made it six out of six against this season's Champions League-qualified teams - the first time in the Premier League era that either ourselves, Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool have enjoyed a clean sweep over the other three.
It is certainly a contrast to last season when we won just one of the corresponding games - away to Arsenal. The other five yielded a home draw to Manchester United and four defeats.
'So far the biggest difference to last season is that,' acknowledges Cech.
'We have won all of those games home and away. Last season, before the change of the manager we gave points to our rivals.'
Cech highlights the team's resilience this season as another reason why we top the pile with one game to go. There have been set backs but they have more often than not been followed much better displays.
'We are confident and we know that we shouldn't lose two games in a row,' says the keeper. ‘We know that when something goes wrong, we always want to put it right the next game and so far it has worked well.'
Sunday's results move Cech level with Liverpool's Pepe Reina in the race for the Premier League Golden Glove. Both have 16 clean sheets.
The Chelsea keeper naturally has more pressing concerns this coming weekend.
'If at the beginning of the season someone had said we were going to play the last game at home and a win would win the league, I think everybody would have signed for it. So we know what we have to do. We play at home and it is always good if you can win a title at home.'
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