Carlo Ancelotti hoping to beat troubled Aston Villa
Manager Carlo Ancelotti has spoken about his plans for Chelsea’s next game in the English Premier League.
The champions will face Aston Villa on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, as they look to their 1st kick-off in 2011.
The Blues ended last year on a high note, when they beat Bolton Wanderers by 1-0 at The Bridge. French winger http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 was the game’s only goal scorer, as Chelsea registered 3 points for the 1st time after a streak
of 6 matches without a win.
The series of poor results deprived the Londoners of a win in 6 consecutive matches, this season, which led to their worst run of form since 11 years.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s game against Villa will be an opportunity for the champions to win back the hearts of their fans, who were not happy at their performance against The Wanderers in midweek.
Ancelotti has pinned the clash against the Villans as a must-win game.
The Lions are experiencing a torrid time of their own and are currently languishing in the bottom half of the table, in 15th place. They have scored the least number of points (3) in the past six games in the English
Premier League.
The Birmingham based club has lost 5 of their previous 6 games, recording just 1 win in the process.
The Italian manager said, “We have to beat Aston Villa because we have to confirm the performance in the second half against Bolton. Obviously we have to improve our place in the table and we are not sure everything is okay now.
Aston Villa are in trouble now and we have to pay a lot of attention because every game for them will be important."
Ancelotti also revealed that youngster http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Branislav-Ivanovic-c7994.
Ivanovic was booked during the win against Bolton and the yellow card was his 5th of the season. This implies that the Serb will serve a 1-match suspension.
Carlo is hoping that the team will not feel Branislav’s absence when Bruma partners captain John Terry in the centre of defence.
He said, “'It is the time that we can use Bruma, He is a young player who is a very good defender. He has a lot of ability, he has played some games and in this time he is improving. He works very closely with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895, Ivanovic
and Alex and it is the time to put him in. I am sure that he will do his best.”
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