Chelsea winger Florent Malouda says Manchester United should be doing all the worrying as the Blues prepare to face Liverpool on Sunday.
Chelsea sit on top of the Premier by a single point over United. The Blues take on Liverpool in the 1.30pm kick-off at Anfield on Sunday followed by United's game at Sunderland at 4pm. Defeat for either team could effectively spell the end of their title chances but Malouda insists United have more to worry about than Chelsea.
"Honestly, I don't care about United," said Malouda. "They are behind us. Why should we look in the mirror and say: 'Oh they are there'? We're under pressure but we like the pressure.
"We are still on top of the league, one point in front of them. We have the League in our hands and we have to make it.
"I think United would like to be in our position and we must never forget that. I would have taken the current position at the start of the season.
"We don't have to care about what United are doing and who they are playing. We just have to stay focused. "The good thing about our position is that we don't have to think about the other results. If we win our games we will be celebrating after the last one."
Chelsea's players are having to cope with huge expectations as they bid for an historic League and FA Cup Double. They could become only the seventh club to achieve the feat but such talk has been banned from the training ground.
"Everybody around us is thinking about the Double but we are not speaking about it," added Malouda. "Of course we want to do it. We've been on top of the league for the most part of the season and now is the time to finish the job."
The two games have thrown up a number of tantalising issues for the conspiracy theorists but coach Carlo Ancelotti is mindful not to get drawn into them.
He dismissed suggestions Liverpool would not try hard enough to beat his side because doing so would open the door for their hated rivals Manchester United to surpass their total of 18 titles. Ancelotti was also nonplussed by the possibility Bruce would do his old mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson, a favour at the Stadium of Light.
"I don't think about this," said Ancelotti. "I think that Sunderland will do their best to beat United and Liverpool will do the same against us.
"Every team has respect for this Premier League and every team has to do their best until the end of the matches.
"We have to pay attention because Liverpool are a strong team and it's very difficult to win at Anfield, but we have to try. We need to have three more points after Sunday.
"I am pleased to play first. But I said we have one more point than United. With two victories we can be champions, so we have to focus on our game and not think about Sunderland's result. We are not interested in that. We want to be champions and that's the only important thing."
