Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti hopeful http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 will fire – UEFA Champions League news
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has said that he is confident that their out-of-form striker Fernando Torres will fire for the Blues.
The Blues are up against Manchester United in the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League and lost the first leg of the fixture to the Red Devils by 1-0.
United gained the advantage through Wayne Rooney’s strike whereas Chelsea’s Fernando Torres failed to find the back of the net once again.
Since his record 50-million-pound signing from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, Torres has been ineffective for the Blues. In eight games for Chelsea so far, he is yet to open his account.
However, Chelsea manager Ancelotti has backed the out of form striker and said that the Spaniard will fire for the Blues once he gets his confidence back.
“We have to have confidence. He (Torres) has to have confidence and keep going and he'll score. I wanted to play differently. Drogba worked very hard in this game after playing 90 minutes on Saturday, so for this reason I kept Torres on the pitch,” said
Ancelotti.
The former AC Milan manager stated that his side was unlucky to lose the match. In stoppage time Chelsea were denied what looked be a straightforward penalty when midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231.
Ancelotti said, “I'm disappointed but this is the result. Not just the referee, but the assistant was in the right position to decide that was a penalty. I said to the referee (after the game) that it was a penalty and he needed to whistle. He said nothing.
No answer.”
The Italian has urged Torres to forget about the disappointing result and focus on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s next Barclays Premier League fixture against Wigan Athletic at the weekend.
The Chelsea boss is under pressure from owner Roman Abramovich to deliver the UEFA Champions League title. A failure to do so could result in the Italian’s departure from Stamford Bridge.
The Blues travel to Old Trafford for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final on 12 April, 2011.
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