Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says his aim is to 'grab' the two Manchester clubs after their impressive starts to the Premier League season.
Manchester United and Manchester City are the only top-flight sides to have won each of their opening three games this season.
Between them, Sir Alex Ferguson and Robert Mancini's sides have scored a total of 25 goals - an average of over four goals per game.
Chelsea are only two points behind but have found it difficult to beat West Brom and Norwich in their two home games after drawing a blank in a stalemate at Stoke on the opening day of the campaign.
But Villas-Boas is excited about the competition that his side will face this season from the leading clubs in the division.
He said: "It's good for them. They've gone on to score a lot of goals and it's good for British football.
"We just hope to score one more goal than the opponents.
"Man United played to perfection and managed to score a lot. They are, with Man City, leading the table for the Premier League and we are two behind them.
"We want to grab them.
"Our objective is on shortening distance and not on what the others do in terms of performance."
The Blues travel to Sunderland in the Premier League this Saturday and Villas-Boas is looking for an improvement from his side.
He said: "I think it can be better and our objective is to transform it.
"We have to improve on a weekly basis, on a game-to-game basis. It's what people expect from us - to get fluency in the way we play.
"I'm very happy that we have been creating enough chances to win games and this is a good sign for us.
"We just need to improve on the quality and fluency of the game."
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