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Chelsea are focused on beating Manchester United on Monday to maintain their advantage in the race for the top four, not to exact revenge for the reverse fixture at the beginning of the season, according to N'Golo Kante.
On the opening day of the 2019-20 Premier League campaign, Frank Lampard's Chelsea went to Old Trafford and were thrashed 4-0:
United also beat the Blues 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup in October.
However, Chelsea go into Monday's home fixture against the Red Devils sitting fourth in the Premier League table, six points clear of United:
Kante is fully aware that a United win in west London would allow them to tighten the race for the top four, and he said Chelsea are eager to stretch the gap they currently have over the other UEFA Champions League hopefuls in the English top flight, per Reuters (h/t ESPN FC):
"Man United were a bit behind but now they have closed the gap so it's a big opportunity either for us to keep them behind or for them to close the gap more.