Grant refuses to get carried away

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The Premier League leaders travel to Middlesbrough on Sunday afternoon and could could extend the gap further.

Grant said: "For the past three months we have won almost 80% of our league games. That is the record of champions and we have come a long way when you consider a lot of clubs were ahead of us during the season. But United are also doing well. I do not think, though, they will win until the end of the season."

He added: "We will just carry on doing our job, like we did here. It is good to win first, ahead of United. But I expect a good result for them on Sunday."

Chelsea got off to perfect start and took the lead after only six minutes.

Michael Essien raced forward for the visitors and slipped a pass to Nicolas Anelka on the right.

He swept it into the area and City skipper Richard Dunne got his bearings wrong, toe-poking his attempted clearance beyond goalkeeper Joe Hart.

The home side bossed the rest of the first half but failed to make their possession pay. Chelsea took advantage and Salomon Kalou extended their lead in the 53rd minute.

He latched on to a through ball from Essien and rounded Hart to find the corner with his effort for his 11th goal of the season .

Anelka almost added a third in the 55th minute only for his header to come back off the bar following a cross from Frank Lampard.