Chelsea
can be fuelled by confidence for Sunday's derby with Tottenham after
back-to-back wins for the first time in two months, says Gary Cahill.
The reeling Premier League champions followed up last Saturday's 1-0 win
over Norwich with a 4-0 Champions League victory at Maccabi Tel Aviv which
leaves their Group G fate in their own hands.
A truer test of their resurgence will come at White Hart Lane where Jose
Mourinho's side lost 5-3 on New Year's Day.
"It's important we keep this momentum going," Cahill told Chelsea TV.
"It was important for a number of reasons. First and foremost and the most
important one was for the Champions League and to make sure we put ourselves
in a position to try to qualify top.
"But as well to build the momentum off the back of the Norwich result and
keep building these wins and try to gather these wins to turn this around.
It was important for a lot of reasons and very pleasing."
Chelsea are likely to be without John Terry against Spurs after the captain
suffered an ankle injury on a pitch Mourinho described as "dangerous", while
midfielder Ramires may struggle to recover from the injury which ruled him
out of the match in Haifa.
The absence of Terry may hinder the Blues, but they have 48 hours more than
Spurs to prepare for the game, returning from Israel on Wednesday within
hours of their rivals flying out to Azerbaijan for Thursday's Europa League
tie with Qarabag.
"We've got this week to prepare for the Tottenham game," Cahill added.
"They're playing very well at the minute. I've no doubt it'll be an
entertaining game and one where we're hoping to be on the end of right
result."
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