THIBAUT COURTOIS believes Chelsea’s winning streak is piling the pressure on their title rivals.
Chelsea are now six points clear at the top of the Premier League table following last night’s 1-0 win over Sunderland.
The victory at the Stadium of Light was the Blues’ 10th consecutive league win.
While Chelsea have been racking up the wins, their title rivals Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham have all been struggling for consistency.
And Courtois believes his sides winning streak is moving to be a major psychological blow for their rivals.
“It’s good that our title rivals would have come back into the dressing room last night having won,” Courtois told the London Evening Standard.
“Liverpool for example, and will have been thinking, ‘damn, Chelsea won as well’. That’s a good thing for us.
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“Sunderland is a tough away game. People sometimes expect big teams to drop points against teams battling against relegation, but we were unlucky not to win by more.
“However, we need to keep standards high.
“On Saturday we are the first team to play [at Crystal Palace], so we have to show that we can get three points and then the others are under pressure to win as well.”