Ancelotti keeps his cool but problems loom for Chelsea

IT was not just on the pitch that a frustrating reality faced Carlo Ancelotti, it was everywhere.

Even when he looked at the back of the match programme, he was confronted by the uncomfortable truth that his squad was dwarfed by Wigan’s.

This was only one defeat – Ancelotti’s first in English football – and his team remain level on points with Manchester United at the top of the Premier League but the real concern at Stamford Bridge, with Uefa’s transfer ban over the signing of Gael Kakuta hanging over them, is that the problems are just beginning.