The Blues maintained their title push with an outstanding 7-1 thrashing of Villa - whose own hopes of a top-four finish now look over. Lampard, who bagged four goals in the Villa demolition taking his Chelsea tally to 151 goals, was delighted with the display which came just a week before they face champions Manchester United at Old Trafford in a title showdown. "The moving of the ball around, our passing and movement was fantastic," said Lampard. "It was great football and that is when we are at our best. It is easy to write us off and say negative things about teams and players from the outside, but all we can do is play football. "We know the big games are to come, especially next week. "We know the quality of the players we have, we've shown that over the course of the season. "We've beaten Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal playing different formations. "We have to forget the little rut we've been in and concentrate on the target now. "The title race has opened up with the way we've played in the last couple of games in particular and we want to take advantage."
