We speak exclusively to Kurt Zouma for the Fulham programme, and to N’Golo Kante for the Real Madrid programme, about the excitement of the business end of the season.

‘The target this year is to win a title and we have the quality, we have the players, we have a top manager,’ Zouma tells us.

‘We have everything we need to win a title and we’re looking forward to the games we have to play – as well as important Premier League games, we have an FA Cup final, we have the second leg of a Champions League semi-final, so everything is there for us to take. We have to take our chances and we have to believe in ourselves. I think everyone is believing it, you know, and the end of the season is going to be exciting. Hopefully, we can get something out of it.’

The centre-back also talks us through the set-piece arrangements that have helped him to become the top-scoring defender in the Premier League.

Meanwhile, in the Real Madrid programme, Kante speaks about the part the brain plays in the midfield battle.

‘Everything happens very quickly on the football pitch and it’s unpredictable,’ he explains.

‘You are playing against opponents and you don’t know what’s going to happen, but you need to be able to react in the best way – to do the right thing in the fastest way possible. So we need our brain to be active and our body to be in the best condition to follow the mind.

‘Everyone needs to be prepared because, if someone is not ready, maybe it will make things more difficult. Not everything that happens on the pitch is planned, but if you can make one, two, three or four connected passes once during the game, it can make the difference – maybe a goal, or maybe something else. So to have this in mind – to be connected as a team – can help the team a lot.’

Meanwhile, Thomas Tuchel and Cesar Azpilicueta talk about the run-in and the challenges ahead in their regular columns, while Emma Hayes, Andy Myers and Ed Brand bring you up to date with the goings-on in their respective camps.

With all your regular historical content, including Rick Glanvill’s brick-by-brick history of Stamford Bridge and exclusive interviews with Chelsea legends, make sure you pick up your copy of the programme for both these crucial fixtures.

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