We're better than last season, insists Mourinho

JOSE MOURINHO warned Chelsea's title rivals that his side can match their record-breaking defensive exploits of last season after keeping their fourth consecutive clean sheet.

Chelsea may have struggled to overcome Wigan in their opening game, but they have since beaten Arsenal, West Brom and now Spurs without letting in a single goal.

Indeed, despite having set a new league record of just 15 league goals conceded and 25 Premiership clean sheets last season, they are already ahead of schedule. By this stage last season, Chelsea had let in one goal and the Blues are now just one clean sheet - with their next game at home to bottom-placed Sunderland - from matching Manchester United's record of five consecutive blanks at the start of the 1997-98 season.