Murmurs of discontent a backhanded compliment to Ancelotti’s entertainers

ANYBODY who doubts the impact of Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea need only have listened to the murmurs of discontent during the second half on Saturday.

Dominant in possession, the home side were guilty of over-elaborating in their quest for goal, and as a succession of carefully manufactured attacking moves floundered against a determined Wolves defence, the crowd became agitated.

Nothing surprising about that, except this was not frustration at a team’s inability to beat inferior opposition, the kind of gripes that might have been heard at Old Trafford the previous weekend when West Brom recovered from two down to claim a draw.