A pleased John Terry highlighted the work that went in on the training pitch prior to the Bolton game, as well as Didier Drogba's inspirational opening goal, as key factors in the impressive win.
A welcome full week to iron out problems and prepare well for Monday's match were used in full by the coaching staff and squad. The outcome was a first away win in close on three months and our biggest margin of victory since early September.
Terry was outstanding as the defence kept an eighth successive clean sheet at Bolton's stadium, and he declared it a very important win.
'The manager highlighted in the week that it is a long time since we won away from home and Bolton is probably one of the toughest places we are going to come to all season,' said the captain after the 4-0 win.
'They are a really good side, high in the table and not too many points off us, and it was a really good performance all over the field.
'A lot of that is down to the attention to detail from the manager. He wanted us to press a little bit more than we have been doing which we did and stopped Bolton playing. When they do get time on the ball to put deliveries into the box, with [Kevin] Davies and [Johan] Elmander they can cause anybody problems.
'Didier got us off to a great start with probably the best goal of the season so far,' Terry added.
'We were saying to him in the week to shoot more which he did in this game and he was brilliant.
'He has taken a bit of stick, as we all have in the last few months, but we have stayed together and he is more than capable of more goals like at.'
Drogba's long-range special was followed by goals from Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka, and then a strike from Ramires which was cue for the whole team to join in the celebration.
'The lads were just delighted for him because it was his first goal for the club. It was a good finish and he has settled in really well. He is still struggling with the language a little but he's a good lad, he is working really well and he has found his feet now and hopefully he can keep scoring.
'It is important that the team can go on a nice run and hopefully the boys up front can keep scoring and we can keep clean sheets.
'I don't think we have ever been out of the title race. We have not been in the best of form but we never give up and when we play like that, nobody can write us off.
'Man United are playing well at the moment and getting the right results but we have still got to play them twice and if we can win both of those games we are right back in it.'