Wednesday 27 February 2013 19:36, UK
Chelsea travel to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup for their fifth round clash with Rafael Benitez desperate to avoid a replay.
Despite the negative headlines, not to mention less than warm welcome from some supporters since the former Liverpool manager replaced Roberto Di Matteo in November, the Spaniard remains focused on the job in hand. "You are professional and you know, more or less, how things are going here in terms of what happens if you lose or win, but I have to do my job, which is to beat Middlesbrough," Benitez said. "I will be working hard until the end. "Me and my staff have been working really hard at 100 per cent to get the right balance and right team on the pitch. "The players know how hard we are working, that is the main thing. "They are clever enough and realise they will be here with long contracts, so they have to perform and be ready if they want to stay at the maximum level, for example, in the Champions League."
