Slaven Bilic has played down the “massive rivalry with Chelsea ” hype by declaring: “It is not like we are playing Millwall.”
But he added of the team’s attitude to the game: “I don’t want them to be calm, no, no. I want them to be focused and up for it but at the same time not to do anything stupid – of course not. To be calm but not to be flat.
“Before these games you don’t need a special motivation as it is Chelsea. You want them to be in a state that they can’t wait for the game to start.”
He added: “Hopefully all the problems at the stadium have gone. All we can do is try to play good football and win games. That also helps the atmosphere. It’s all we can do.
“We had a London derby two weeks ago against Crystal Palace, we have Spurs, we have Arsenal we have Chelsea, you can even call Watford a London derby.
“At the end of the day it is not like we are playing Millwall, we are playing Chelsea. We did it all last year and we behaved well when we played well against most of them.”
