Frank Lampard has told Sir Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United players: 'Forget the mind games - they don't affect us'.
The Chelsea midfielder was speaking as he and his team-mates were showered with praise yesterday, following their 7-0 demolition of Stoke.
Both Fergie and Gary Neville had been insisting before the match that the pressure was on Chelsea to match United's gutsy wins over Manchester City and Stoke.
But following Sunday's emphatic response, Lampard said: "The talk doesn't matter.
"All that matters is the concentration in the camp in training and in games. And approaching games in the right way and getting the right result.
"Now we are getting to the stage where the talk, well all it does is give column inches really. What matters is getting out there and playing."
Chelsea now face a massive test at Liverpool having not won at Anfield in the League since 2005.
The spotlight is now on Rafa Benitez's men for whom victory would hand United the title, while defeat would wreck their slim hopes of Champions League football.
But Lampard insisted Chelsea do not expect any favours from Liverpool. He said: "There is no chance that 11 Liverpool players can go out and consider Manchester United winning the Championship on that game. They will go out to win the game.
"They are professional. The manager's professional, the players are professional.
"There's no way they will think about not winning the game regardless of whether it gets them into the Champions League for next year or not. Even if they are out of it.
"They will give everything. There's no doubt about that."
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