Rudiger: Manchester City set a very high standard for Premier League champions and all you can do is keep winning

In an interview with The Athletic, Chelsea players Rudiger and Marcos Alonso talked about the Premier League title race, and both believe it is very important to maintain stability.

Rudiger said: "The Premier League is the hardest of all competitions because Manchester City set a very high standard so that you need to win all the time and the only way you can get to the Premier League is to win, win, win. They're a great team and now you might be able to beat them in one, two or three games, but we have to be as consistent as they are for a long time. ”

Left-back Marcos Alonso, who won the 2016-17 Premier League title with Chelsea, said: "You need to be steady, fight for every game and then perform 100 per cent a week is difficult. Are Manchester City like machines winning game after game? yes. Honestly, they did a great job. ”

"I think we have the ability to do the same thing, there's no doubt we need to keep winning, it's a long tournament, we were close last month and it's a bit of a shame to be so far behind now. We need to keep fighting now and hopefully City have some bad performances and we're going to use that to close the gap and we'll see if there's a chance to fight for the Premier League title before the end of the season. ”

"Of course I want to win the Premier League, I feel good here and I think you guys can see that I'm happy, but also needs other people to make a decision. I want to be an important player for the team, that's the most important thing, we showed our personality in the Club World Cup final and didn't give up. The club hasn't won the trophy yet and I'm glad we did. ”

(Luke)