Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said nothing has been decided yet on title race despite their 1-2 vital victory over Manchester United in a crucial English Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

Joe Cole and Diddier Drogba's goals took The Blues back on top of the League with 74 points two points behind Manchester United and three points behind Arsenal but the Italian advised his players to stay focused and maintain their composure as the race have not decided yet.

'Nothing was decided in this game,' Ancelotti told club’s official site.

'It was an important week for us because we were away to a very strong team. But now we must stay focused and maintain composure. It [the win] is very important for our confidence but nothing is decided yet.'

Chelsea have so far scored 14 goals in their last three games since their Champions League exit last month  and the manager believes this is what has allowed them to stay focused in Premier League.

'We had a very good reaction against Portsmouth and Villa, we drew against Blackburn and came back and played well.

'We played well in the first half today, Manchester United wanted to put pressure on our midfield but we have built a very good reaction after that defeat to Inter.'

‘It seems every cloud may truly have a silver lining as the end of our European campaign allowed us a whole week to prepare solely for today's fixture.

'We didn't have a match during the week so we had the possibility to maintain a good condition and improve our condition and play for this game.

'Our aim was to keep the intensity. We had the possibility to play with a high tempo and we did this very well. We maintained good pressure in midfield and we didn't give Manchester the possibility to play how they wanted.'

However, Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson expressed his disappointment and admitted that Chelsea are best placed to win the Barclays Premier League this seson.

“It’s a disappointing result,” said Sir Alex on Club’s official site. “I thought we looked leggy in the first half. We took too long to get going. Chelsea were by far the better team.

“But in the second half we did well and we were unfortunate not to get something from the game. We dominated that second period and there’s always that chance we can rescue it. But we just didn’t get there today.”

 The manager also admitted that Chelsea are favourites now due to their superior goal difference which put them in the right position.

'Chelsea are favourites now, there's no question about that,' Chelsea’s official site quoted him as saying.

'There are five games left, they're two points ahead and have four goals in goal difference against us, they are in the right position.

'We could win the next five games and still not win the League, it's simple as that,' added Ferguson. In fact Chelsea are three goals better off than the second-placed team.

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