Drogba and Kalou miss out on trip to Burnley

IT is a measure of Carlo Ancelotti’s confidence that he is prepared to travel to Burnley today without star strikers Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou.

The Ivory Coast pair have returned from African Nations Cup duty but will not be considered for the Barclays Premier League game at Turf Moor.

The Italian coach wants to give them more time to recover from their return journey from Angola and insisted that the Burnley game has arrived too early for them.