Ancelotti: United have title advantage

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-23 09:05

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.

"But Blackburn won a lot of second balls and we lost our composure before conceding the goal. We still came back to play but it was too late and I'm disappointed. We've lost two important points.

"I don't know if there was a hangover from the Inter match. We tried to win the game and forget about the defeat to Inter. For an hour we did well but this is not an easy moment for us."

AFP