"In football and in sport in general anything is possible. As long as your rivals do not have too many points with too few games left to play then of course they can still be caught - there are so many examples of this happening," said the first team coach.
"When I was with Valencia as a player there was a time when we were eight points behind Real. This was in the 2003-04 season. We had won La Liga in 2001-02. This time we were behind and lots of people did not think we could catch them.
"But we went on a run in which we won seven games in a row and Real Madrid lost two or three games and we ended up being champions.
"We never gave up and we kept on believing in ourselves, and because of this we were able to take advantage when the leaders did not win as many games as they had been expected to.
"We had a very strong team and we had confidence to keep going right until the end, and it paid off.
"In football you never know and things can change from one week to the next. With three points for a win, gaps can be closed very quickly.
"If you look at the Premier League table, the gap between Manchester United at the top and Aston Villa in third place is not so big.
"We still have chances, Villa still have chances and Chelsea in fourth still have chances.
"Our target now is to ensure that we get towards the end of the season with our chances still in tact.
"Man United will be the favourites because they are the champions and they are at the top of the table, but our team is having a good season and we will try to continue in this way.
"The team has confidence, the players have energy and they want to fight to the very end.
"We have tried from the very start to compete at the top of the table and we are doing that but we know that we can still improve some details.
"Some of the players are increasing their level and some of them are coming back from injuries, so the future could be good."