Jose Mourinho confident of title win as Chelsea beat Hull to move six points clear

Jose Mourinho remains 'pretty confident' his Chelsea side will be crowned Barclays Premier League champions, but Diego Costa is an injury concern for their title run-in.

The Blues restored their six-point lead over Manchester City with a 3-2 win over spirited Hull on Sunday and retain a game in hand against rock-bottom Leicester.

That makes them heavy favourites to lift the trophy and Mourinho was happy to accept the role of front-runners after Loic Remy grabbed a 77th minute winner at the KC Stadium.

'I'm not pretty sure, I'm pretty confident. I believe in my players, I believe that we can do it but I know it's difficult,' he said.

'I keep thinking the same, the title race should be over. In normal conditions, Chelsea should have eight, 10, 12 points more than we have; title race over.

'But football is unpredictable and the reality is we have a six-point lead, one game in hand, which is our best situation for the whole season.'

Costa's short-term involvement is an open question, though.

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