After a poor start to his Chelsea career, Petit now appears to be finding his feet in West London.

A couple of showings in recent weeks have suggested that he is returning to the sort of form that he displayed when he led Arsenal to the double in 1998.

And you can understand where he is coming from when he says that Saturday's game was our hardest so far. Everton dominated us in the second half and they were always looking to attack. However, it is testament to the players that we won the match.

Here's what Manu told the official Chelsea website: "I think it was the most difficult game we had to play.

"It wasn't a great football game to watch, but the atmosphere on the pitch and around the ground was unbelievable."