Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was delighted to keep another clean sheet and labelled Saturday's 1-0 win over Sunderland as 'very important'.
Frank Lampard scored the winning goal as the Blues edged the Premier League encounter at Stamford Bridge and, with Andre Villas-Boas' side having only kept one clean sheet throughout December, Cech was encouraged by a second shut-out in seven days.
"You need 1-0 (wins) to have a lot of points," he told Chelsea TV.
"Usually, as many games you win 1-0 you have more chance to win things. We now have two clean sheets in a row, three very good victories in the New Year and hopefully it will continue this way."
"It was very important because we won 1-0 and when you score one goal and you don't concede you have three points every time and that's a big advantage."
"As soon as you score you think the game might be over and might get three points but if you score a second goal - this season it hasn't been the case. We surrendered a 1-0 win many times and even lost some points, like against Aston Villa."
"So it was unusual for us but that is the way it was a little bit this season and we are working to improve all the time and now we have two clean sheets in a row, which is very good, and hopefully we will add some (more)."
1 - 0 |
| # | Player | Bookings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Čech | |
| 3 | A. Cole | |
| 26 | J. Terry | |
| 17 | José Bosingwa | |
| 4 | David Luiz |
 8'
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| 8 |
F. Lampard
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 13'
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| 16 | Raul Meireles |
73'
|
| 7 | Ramires | |
| 6 | Oriol Romeu | |
| 9 | Fernando Torres |
66'
|
| 10 |
Mata
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| Coach: André Villas-Boas | ||
| # | Player | Bookings |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | S. Mignolet | |
| 16 | J. O'Shea | |
| 11 |
K. Richardson
|
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| 2 | P. Bardsley | |
| 12 |
M. Kilgallon
|
|
| 28 | S. Sessègnon | |
| 6 | L. Cattermole |
59'
|
| 7 | S. Larsson | |
| 15 |
D. Vaughan
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| 23 | J. McClean | |
| 52 | N. Bendtner | |
| Coach: M. O'Neill | ||
| # | Player | Bookings |
|---|---|---|
| 5 |
for F. Lampard 73' |
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| 15 |
for Mata 85' |
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| 18 | ||
| 22 | ||
| 23 | ||
| 27 | ||
| 34 |
| # | Player | Bookings |
|---|---|---|
| 4 |
for M. Kilgallon 45+1' |
|
| 8 |
for D. Vaughan 69' |
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| 10 |
for K. Richardson 80' |
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| 17 | ||
| 18 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 27 |
