Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says talk of title favouritism cannot be considered after victory at Crystal Palace.
Chelsea lacked "balls" in last season's defeat at Crystal Palace which saw Mourinho concede the title, but on their return to Selhurst Park the Blues secured a seventh win from eight matches this term courtesy of sublime Oscar and Cesc Fabregas goals in a 2-1 win.
"To win the title - long way to go," Mourinho said.
"If we were in another league, another profile of league, I would say immediately 'yes we will do it'.
"In the Premier League the only thing I can say is that we can do it, but in the Premier League it's difficult to say we are going to do it.
"So many good teams, so many difficulties, long way to go, very difficult runs in front of us. I don't want to say that (we will win).
"We are a better team than last season, there was a clear evolution in our team.
"The evolution is not just based on the fact that we bought two fantastic players (Fabregas and Diego Costa), because today one of them (Costa) was not playing and the team was fantastic the same way.
"Our evolution was a team evolution and I'm really pleased with that."
