Chelsea have won the 2014-2015 Barclays Premier League, even with three games to spare. With 83 points in the bag after beating visitors, Crystal palace at Stamford Bridge today, the team are now technically uncatchable by rivals, with Barclays season going to an end.

The nearest teams on the table are defending champions Manchester City, tied with Arsenal at 67 points, 16 points away. While City have three games more to play after today’s encounter with Spurs, Arsenal still have five games. They will lock horns with Hull on Monday. But mathematically, none of the two teams can do a catch-up with Mourinho’s side.They need 17 points to do so, which is no longer possible.

Eden Hazard’s 19th goal of the season was enough for the West London side to claim the top spot and the trophy, which Coach Jose Mourinho said he wanted badly.

The recently crowned Player of the Year scored on the stroke of half-time after his initial penalty had been saved by Crystal Palace goalkeeper and from then on, the win was never really in doubt.

Thibaut Courtois was asked to make one decent second-half save but more danger from the visitors from the other side of the Thames had come when the game was scoreless.

Didier Drogba, a man for so many successful seasons, tested the visitors’ keeper with a powerful free-kick during the first half and he, along with Willian and Branislav Ivanovic came close to doubling the lead in the second half but shot wide.

The Blues manager won the trophy in 2005 and 2006 during his first spell at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho as coach of Porto, AC Milan and Real Madrid had also won titles in other leagues.

‘The titles in Portugal were big because Porto was coming from a very difficult moment, finishing fifth the season before when in Portugal in the last 20 years, the title was normally shared by two teams [Porto and Benfica].

‘In Spain it was fantastic because that was a period of real dominance by Barcelona, and Real Madrid had to do it with 100 points and we had to win in Barcelona’s stadium near the end of the season.

‘The ones in Chelsea were fantastic because it was the beginning of Mr Abramovich’s era with no title before that. Now, for me, it is a great feeling because it is my club, because of the league and because we are not any more the rich club. We are a top club but a club that lives from the work everyone does in this club.

‘It would mean a lot because we have lots of young players and it would be the first title for them, people that don’t know what it is to be a champions, so I want this one a lot and if we clinch the title, at that moment I will be much more happy for them than for myself.’