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Jose Mourinho conceded Chelsea had 'almost' lost their grip on the Premiership title after failing to beat Bolton at Stamford BridgeUnited are now five points clear at the top after fighting back from two goals down to beat Everton 4-2 at Goodison Park and with just three games to play, Sir Alex Ferguson's side are favourites to land the crown.
A second-half equaliser from Kevin Davies pegged Chelsea back and despite all their late pressure, Mourinho's side had to settle for a share of spoils in a 2-2 draw.
Mourinho declared: "I feel sad but I have a big game on Tuesday night and that's a good thing in this situation. We have no time to be sad.
"But it is almost lost, almost. In football, almost is always a big question mark. It is not over because mathematically there is a chance and when the chance is there, we have to believe and chase the opportunity you have.
"At this moment we have to win and we have to wait. It is much more difficult. Manchester United, in this moment, feel very, very close. They have to lose two games and we have to win all three.
"They don't feel pressure and feel quite confident. They can come to Stamford Bridge, lose and still be champions.
"They are very, very close to it. But we win things as a team and we lose as a team. We do it together in both the good and bad moments."
Bolton failed to quell rising speculation that manager Sam Allardyce will leave the club in the summer by sending assistant Sammy Lee to face the media after the game.
Allardyce is understood to have told chairman Phil Gartside he intends to quit the Reebok Stadium this summer.
But Lee said: "It's just speculation. But Sam has been ill and he didn't travel down with the team - he came down this morning. So that is one of the reasons for my appearance.
"At the moment, as far as we are concerned, it is only speculation. As soon as we know anything about that, we'll let everyone know."
The speculation certainly did not seem to affect Bolton's players who recovered from Chelsea's first-half fightback to snatch the vital leveller.
Lee added: "There's a misconception going around about Bolton. We don't feel we get the credit we deserve.
"But we are just trying to get as high up the table as we possibly can. We are desperate to get into the Uefa Cup and delighted to get another point today. We got into their faces a bit more in the second half."
But while Mourinho had almost conceded the title to Manchester United, Lee insisted that everything was still to play for.
He added: "Until it is mathematically impossible, I am sure Chelsea will keep on fighting.
"I have too much respect for both teams and there is still a lot of football to be played."
from:msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer
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