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LONDON -- Jose Mourinho says Chelsea and John Terry will not be affected by a hostile Loftus Road crowd when they face Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, as they remain focused on securing the five wins they need to claim the title. This weekend's game represents only the second time Chelsea captain Terry has visited Loftus Road since the controversy of the November 2011 fixture. That 2-0 Chelsea defeat involved an incident with Anton Ferdinand that saw Terry cleared in court of a racially aggravated public order offence but later suspended by the Football Association for four games over the same matter. Mourinho, who has never managed a game at Loftus Road, expects his team to stay focused but says he is anticipating a "hostile" atmosphere. "That's what people tell me," he said. "I never played there, I don't know, but that's what people tell me. We go to play, we go to win. The people in the stands, they can play a role, but they cannot score goals. "The referee and the assistant referees are there, so I'm not worried. I go to play our game, to try and win." Asked whether there would be any issue with abuse of Terry, Mourinho said: "No, I don't think so. "I think it's just a football match, obviously a very important football match for both teams. We know that. We want to win. Nobody is expecting an easy match. "In the last weekend [the 2-1 win at home to Stoke], we played against a team very stable in the middle of the table, no possibilities of relegation, no possibilities of European competition, and they were fantastic in their approach and their commitment, in trying to win the match, in trying to not lose the match. I think that's proper football." Chelsea are currently seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand, while QPR are 18th, two points behind Hull in 17th and having played an extra game. Mourinho added: "We have to win every game, we have to win the next game, and we don't think about the points we have, or the match we have in hand -- we just think about the next match. I know QPR have one match more than the teams competing with them, and everybody knows they need points in these remaining six fixtures they have. "[We are] a little bit better than after beating Stoke City, so any points we get against QPR, our situation improves, but we need points."
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