Pressure now on Man Utd - Grant
Written: 6th May, 2008
Chelsea boss Avram Grant believes title rivals Manchester United are under more pressure going into Sunday's final game of the Premier League season.
Chelsea's win at Newcastle moved them level on points with leaders United, who are favourites for the title because of a superior goal difference.
United travel to Wigan on the final day, while Chelsea play host to Bolton.
"Now we must beat Bolton and see what United do. The pressure is on them," said Grant.
"I said we will never give up. We have given a good, good battle. Nobody thought about us as a candidate for champions. We will keep on fighting.
"I have to stay positive. We will fight until the last moment."
Chelsea have rallied in the second half of the season in which they also booked a spot in the Champions League final - against United.
And Grant hailed his players' efforts this season, saying: "We have to battle with things on and off the pitch but the team have got better and better, especially in recent months.
"In the first half against Newcastle we were poorer than we've been for a while. Maybe that was down to tiredness because we have played a lot of long, hard matches this campaign.
"In the second half, though, we played fantastically and got the result we wanted.