Anelka: Title would be sweeter with Chelsea

Nicolas Anelka insisted winning a Premier League medal with Chelsea would feel even better than his triumph with Arsenal in 1998 ahead of his side's visit to the Emirates on Sunday.

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Nicolas Anelka (R) is relishing a second shot at glory

Anelka won the double with his now London rivals as a youngster, and the decade of frustration since then means he now knows the true value of an elusive Premier League title, something he may have taken for granted at the time.

"Winning it with Chelsea will be even bigger than when I did it with Arsenal,'' said Anelka "That will mean I'm in one of the biggest teams in the world. When I won it with Arsenal I did appreciate it at the time. Sometimes you only have one chance in your life. I had this chance before and now I have a second chance to win it again.

"I have had a lot of time to wait to win something again in England. I won the FA Cup last season and I hope this season I will win the title. I don't know if this team are better than the Arsenal one I played in. Arsenal were strong but this Chelsea side are strong, too. I did it with Arsenal and I can definitely do it as well with Chelsea.''

Chelsea have qualified for the next round of the Champions League thanks to Anelka's winners in three 1-0 victories, but the French striker stressed that even a win over Arsenal wouldn't rule them out of the title race if Chelsea take their eye of the ball afterwards.

"Anything is possible in football,'' added Anelka. "Even if we're on top and a lot of points in front of everybody, it's possible we could make a mistake after.

"We will try to win, of course, and if do, we will focus on all the games after Arsenal because every game is important. Beating Porto means we will go to Arsenal with confidence. We wanted to finish first in our Champions League group. It's done and I think everyone is happy.''

Meanwhile, Chelsea captain John Terry admits the best is yet to come in Europe despite clinching top spot in their group with one match to spare. Chelsea ensured they would finish top of Group D with a 1-0 win over Porto on Wednesday night.

A 69th-minute winner from Anelka left Chelsea unbeaten in Europe so far this season and Terry admitted: "We haven't hit top gear in Europe yet. There is still more to come from us.

"The momentum, the way we're playing and the confidence can only take us in one direction and that's forward. We can work better and will find solutions from where we've gone wrong. We will regroup after the group stage and look forward to the draw, although it looks like there could be a difficult draw because there will be a number of big teams finishing second.''