Geordie????? Mourinho can ignore Chelsea's critics By Alan Hansen BBC Sport football expert Chelsea's Premiership meeting with Arsenal on Wednesday is being played out against the backdrop of the alleged "tapping" of Ashley Cole inquiry. Mourinho can brush the critics off and carry on with winning the title - and he's absolutely right to do so Jose Mourinho, his players and his club seem to be under attack and have been accused off all manner of things at the moment. There are complaints about them tapping-up players, having too much money, being too arrogant - and they should take it all as a compliment. Make no mistake, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger would not be taking the slightest interest in Chelsea if Mourinho's side were sixth and no threat to their title monopoly. Ferguson and Wenger have been turning their attention on Chelsea in the way they normally reserve for each other. Chelsea should take this as a sign they are doing something right. If you are at the top, people try and knock you down. When we were at Liverpool, one bad defeat was turned by some into a major crisis. It was a sign of the standards we were setting and the success we had. Mourinho will no doubt brush it off and carry on as he has done, which is absolutely right. Chelsea would have to have the collapse to end all collapses not to win the title now - but they will be chasing victory hard against Arsenal. This is because with a Champions League semi-final against Liverpool on the horizon, they will want the title race over with quickly. With the title in the bag, Chelsea could rest players ahead of the Liverpool game, which would be a massive bonus. Arsenal and Manchester United are talking up the battle for second place but I don't really buy that. Their main focus now will be on the FA Cup final after impressive wins at the weekend. Finishing third and going into the qualifying stages of the Champions League is a minor inconvenience as opposed to a major setback. You play second-raters and you get through. Simple. Everton are currently in fourth place and have a massive game against United at Goodison Park on Wednesday. They recovered from a poor spell by beating Crystal Palace 4-0 but, given the way they were rolled over by United in the FA Cup, I think they would snatch a point with both hands. Liverpool are the other team in the shake-up for fourth and, despite dropping two points against Spurs on Saturday, I still fancy them to snatch a Champions League place. There have been a lot of highs and lows this season at Liverpool but at this stage it doesn't matter about the lows when the biggest high of all could yet be there after reaching the Champions League semi-final. Irrespective of how things transpire, Rafael Benitez has given Liverpool fans real hope for the future. The first thing he did was to give Liverpool fans entertaining football at Anfield, which they hadn't had for a long time. He has also given Liverpool renewed optimism and, even though he has been criticised for some of his signings, his big one, ?10.8m Xavi Alonso, is a wonderful player. So the fight for fourth is fascinating but for Chelsea it is now a matter of getting title business done and dusted as quickly as possible