"To finish top of the Champions League group will be good but the priority is to make sure all the players are fit for the Middlesbrough game.
"We need the confidence from winning games in the Premier-ship. In the Champions League we can wait a month before recuperating any confidence we might lose.
"Both the games are important. The Champions League is a big competition for the players, the fans and the media, but for me the Middlesbrough game means three more league points, and that is my priority.
"What do you prefer as a manager, to beat Chelsea and lose to Middlesbrough or the other way around? Middlesbrough is more important to me."