Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has praised manager Carlo Ancelotti for putting the team on course for its first ever league and cup double in his first season in English football.
The man who led AC Milan to two Champions League titles has guided Chelsea to a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League and into the FA Cup final against Portsmouth, which is last in the league and sure to be relegated.
The west London team, which last won the league in 2006 under Jose Mourinho, is 1-4 favorite with the bookmakers to win both competitions.
"Ancelotti is a (great) manager," Cole said. "He's shown in the last few weeks what he's all about with his team selections. The boys really get on with him. He has brought in a great camaraderie and we have a team spirit developing again.
"Because of that, winning the double would be a massive achievement for Chelsea, for everyone at the club."
Four points ahead at the top of the standings with four games to go, Chelsea can take another big step towards the Premier League title if it beats Tottenham on Saturday and Manchester United loses to neighbor Man City.
"The title race isn't over," Cole said. "The good thing is that we have our future in our own hands now and we have to keep winning and winning and that will only edge us closer and closer. We have had a cracking season and it would be great to finish with a couple of trophies
"We went into four trophies at the start of the season. If we were to come out of it at the end with two then it would be an amazing achievement."
First Chelsea goes to White Hart Lane where Tottenham severely hurt the title hopes of Arsenal on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over its north London neighbor.
Arsenal is now six points behind Chelsea in third place and manager Arsene Wenger, who is without several players through injury, admits it will be very difficult for his team to win the title for the first time since 2004.
"I don't think Chelsea will drop more than six points now," he said.
Although striker Robin van Persie is fit again after five months out, Arsenal is without Cesc Fabregas, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas, Aaron Ramsay and Alex Song for Sunday's visit to relegation-threatened Wigan.
Man United's bid to become the first team to win the league title four years in a row could be virtually over if it loses at City on Saturday if Chelsea wins at Spurs.
When the neighbors met in the league at Old Trafford, United won a 4-3 thriller. United also knocked City out of the League Cup in the semifinal despite losing the away leg 2-1.
United had City striker Carlos Tevez at Old Trafford before he moved on to its neighbor at the end of last season but manager Alex Ferguson says he has no regrets that the Argentina star will be facing his team again.
"There is no bitterness from me," he said. "Players leave here from time to time. Some do well, others don't. We move on.
"Carlos had a good first season with us, I must admit. In the second he didn't feature in as many games. I cannot dispute that he is having a great goalscoring season (with 22 league goals)."
City is out to hold on to fourth place which would mean playing in next season's Champions League. The team is a point ahead of Tottenham.
Meanwhile, the struggle to avoid relegation alongside last place Portsmouth may take another twist on Saturday.
Hull and Burnley appear to be favorites to go down, level on 27 points and with four to make up on 17th place West Ham.
Hull visits ninth-place Birmingham and Burnley goes to Sunderland, which is virtually safe in 13th place and 38 points. West Ham does not play until Monday when it has a tough game at Liverpool.
Saturday's other games are Blackburn-Everton, Fulham-Wolves and Stoke-Bolton. Although sure to go down, Portsmouth still has an FA Cup final against Chelsea to look forward to and, on Sunday, hosts Aston Villa in the league.
