Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Spurs tonight, thanks to a Reyes goal means that the Blues will have to wait a few days longer to become Premiership winners.
Before that, they have a tasty encounter with Liverpool, on Wednesday ain the Champions league.
Ideally, Chelsea could have hoped that the vital winning margin could have being reached tonight to take the title. It would have enabled Jose to shuffle the pack and rest significant players on Saturday ahead of the second leg at Anfield next Tuesday.