
Gary
Cahill says Chelsea face a make-or-break week with a Champions League clash
with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday and an FA Cup showdown with Manchester
City on Sunday.
Last season's champions have had a dreadful Premier League season, but they
turned in probably their best attacking performance of the campaign on
Saturday with a 5-1 mauling of Newcastle.
Diego Costa, Pedro, Willian and Bertrand Traore scored the goals as interim
manager Guus Hiddink's men warmed up for the midweek European tie against
PSG, who knocked Chelsea out of the competition last season.
"We want to go as far as we can in the Champions League and the FA Cup and
this is a very important week for the football club," Cahill told the club's
website.
"We got off to a great start this weekend and we have arguably the biggest
games of the season coming up for us now, so we go into the week with the
confidence from this game and knowing how important it is going to be."
Cahill, making his first league start of 2016, also praised the intensity
shown by his team-mates against Newcastle.
"We chased back, we harassed, we won the ball back numerous times very
quickly after we lost it," Cahill said.
"That was pleasing but the flair players were on fire and we played really
well. We didn't get everything right because we conceded late on, but most
things we got right."