After a devastating blow to our Title hopes last weekend Carlo Ancelotti will know that anything less than a loss will cost him dearly. He was left stunned after a below par Manchester City were able to destroy a even more below par Chelsea. Goalkeeping at Chelsea Football Club hit an all new low with Hilario’s performance. The FA Cup has opened up more for Chelsea with the elimination of Man City and other ‘Big 4’ members. Main contenders now remain in the form of Tottenham and Aston Villa who recently lost the Carling Cup Final.
A war which has steamrolled all in its wake and only earlier this week gained new vigour will come to a head at the Bridge on Saturday morning as the battles between Team Terry and Team Bridge ( otherwise known as Chelsea and Man City ) commences.
In amongst the media headlines surrounding various Chelsea player’s off the field antics you may have noticed that tomorrow night the undisputed tie of the Champions League last 16 takes place as Chelsea visit the San Siro to play Inter Milan. We knew that it would happen one day as the special one must pit his wits against the side that he built.
Chelsea look to get back to winning ways in the Premier League against 16th place Wolves at Molineux at a 3 o clock kick-off on Saturday. Last weekend’s loss to Everton has reduced Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League to a mere point and before they’ve even kicked-off at Molineux, Chelsea could be sitting in second place if Manchester United are victorious against Everton at Goodison Park. However all is not blue at Chelsea as the squad and manager will no doubt be pleased with their clinical second half FA Cup performance against Cardiff to advance Chelsea through to the quarter final stage of that competition.
This weekend sees Chelsea go up against 18th placed Burnley who are under new manager Brian Laws. In addition Carlo Ancelotti has been given more options with the return of Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou. With a range of players to choose from he is once again in a fix with players such as Joe Cole performing very well and challenging for a starting spot.
This weekend poses Carlo with a question of a line up and his opponent who is none other than Darren Ferguson. The team who is 36 places below Chelsea is now the opponent for this 4th Round FA Cup match up. We must never forget that this is the FA Cup where the underdogs become the pack of wolves.