Ranieri plays down title challenge

Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri is refusing to put any pressure on his players as they continue to hang on to the coat-tails of the Barclaycard Premiership’s top two.

The big-spending Blues maintained their interest in the title race with a 3-2 win at Blackburn courtesy of full-back Glen Johnson’s late, late strike, which cemented their top-three place in the process.