Ancelotti defends Torres

Chelsea manager says Carlo Ancelotti he has not abandoned his plans to partner Fernando Torres with Didier Drogba.

The Italian dropped Drogba for Monday night's goalless encounter at Fulham after the Ivory Coast striker and £50m man Torres failed to hit it off in the previous weekend's defeat to Liverpool.
But the Blues boss revealed he was already considering restoring the partnership for the club's next Barclays Premier League fixture at home to Manchester United on Tuesday 1st March. Torres is cup-tied for Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round replay against Everton.
"Maybe in the next game we will use both," he said, before explaining his reasons for leaving out Drogba.
"We wanted to have more control of the pitch in this game," he added.


Ancelotti's tactical switch failed to pay off, with Torres enduring another outing to forget eight days after his disappointing debut against former club Liverpool.

Great Motivation

Despite once again substituting him, his new manager defended the most expensive player ever bought by a British club.
"Fernando played well," Ancelotti said.
"He had some opportunities in the first half and I took him out just to use Didier fresh and with power. That's the only reason I changed him.
"His performance was better than that against Liverpool."
Torres squandered four good chances either side of half-time.
"Every striker wants to score," Ancelotti said.
"I don't think he's frustrated because he needs time to play with us."
Of Drogba's reaction to his omission, Ancelotti added: "I don't know if Didier was happy, but every player knows every game is important.
"We wanted to rotate to maintain his condition and to give everyone great motivation."