Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has described Chelsea's 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers this afternoon as "important".
The Blues had seen themselves slip out of the title race after failing to win any matches over the festive period.
However, Frank Lampard's late winner at Molineux has moved them to within eight points of league leaders Manchester City.
"It was an important result," the boss told Sky Sports News. "After the recent results that we have been getting, the team showed good strength of character to come back from some negative results in the December fixtures and come away with a win.
"It was a tremendous physical effort that we were put through, 48 hours after our last match, so that is an excellent sign for the team.
"It is in moments of difficultly that you have to dig deep to find good results and the team did exactly that. I am very, very proud."
Chelsea's next match is a FA Cup tie at home to Portsmouth on Saturday.
