Moises Caicedo says the past week proved Chelsea's top four credentials.
Chelsea won at Tottenham last Monday before drawing with Manchester City on Sunday.
"We're very happy with the performance of the team as Man City are a great side," Caicedo told the club's website. "We gave it our best and it was a good team performance, but of course we would have liked to win the game.
"However scoring a penalty at the end to draw, it shows good character and I think it has to be considered a good result.
"We are growing as a team. We are working hard together, we are listening to the coaching staff and I think step by step we are improving every day.
"We are working very hard to improve as a team and it's been a good week for us. We had an incredible win at Tottenham and even though we didn't beat City, we put in a very good performance and showed we can challenge with these teams.
"We now have the international break but after this, we need to build on these levels of performances and push on from here."