Ancelotti: United have title advantage

Carlo Ancelotti admits Chelsea have gifted Manchester United the advantage in the Premier League title race after his side squandered the lead in a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.

Taking just one point at Ewood Park on Sunday was a major setback for Chelsea, who are now four points behind leaders United in third place, and Blues boss Ancelotti conceded they had only themselves to blame after El-Hadji Diouf cancelled out Didier Drogba's early opener.

The result hardly improved Ancelotti's mood in the wake of Chelsea's exit from the Champions League to Inter Milan and he said: "We started well and scored a nice goal. We had other chances to improve our scoring but the second half was more difficult for us.