Ancelotti: I told Drogba to shut up

CHELSEA coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed how he was forced to tell Didier Drogba to forget his selfish ambitions to win the Golden Boot after Frank Lampard refused to let the Ivorian striker take a first-half penalty at Stamford Bridge yesterday.

Drogba went into the game level on 26 league goals with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Ancelotti had previously warned the Ivory Coast striker ahead of the game that any penalties would be taken by the club’s recognised spot-kick expert Lampard.

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