Mourinho urges Blues to tighten title stranglehold

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho wants his side to consolidate their grip on the Premiership by repeating the commanding form they showed this time last season over the next two months.

Chelsea have a 10-point cushion over Manchester United at the top of the league as they prepare to entertain Wigan at Stamford Bridge, and Mourinho has pinpointed the rest of December and January as crucial as the Blues chase their second successive Premiership title.

Starting with today's visitors, Chelsea have eight Premiership games between now and the end of January, and most are against teams currently in the lower half of the table.