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Rafael Benitez: 'Chelsea can still improve'

Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez believes that the team can still improve, despite their 8-0 hammering of Aston Villa on Sunday.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor | 23 December 2012

Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez has insisted that the team can still improve, despite their 8-0 thumping of Aston Villa on Sunday.

The Blues outclassed their opponents from start to finish at Stamford Bridge as they moved up to third place in the Premier League table.

"I can guarantee you we can still improve a little bit," Benitez told Sky Sports News. "The main thing is to win games, not to score goals. If we keep doing that everything will be easier."

Chelsea are back in league action on Boxing Day when they make the trip to Norwich City.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Manchester City Man City	38	28	7	3	96	34	62	91
2	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	15	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	20	6	12	74	61	13	66
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	14	63
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	18	6	14	85	62	23	60
8	Manchester United Man Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	-1	60
9	West Ham United West Ham	38	14	10	14	60	74	-14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	-1	49
11	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	-7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	-13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	-6	47
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	13	7	18	50	65	-15	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	-11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	-9	39
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	-18	32
R	Luton Town Luton	38	6	8	24	52	85	-33	26
R	Burnley	38	5	9	24	41	78	-37	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	38	3	7	28	35	104	-69	16