Ancelotti: Still plenty to play for

CARLO ANCELOTTI insists a Chelsea victory over Manchester United tonight could be crucial to his side’s season, despite admitting they had almost no chance of catching the Barclays Premier League leaders.

A game with United at Stamford Bridge is perennially billed as a title decider, but it appears all Ancelotti’s men can achieve on that front tonight is to dent their opponents’ bid to depose them as champions.

Chelsea go into the game 15 points behind Alex Ferguson’s side, whose only realistic challengers now look like second-placed Arsenal. But with the Blues needing victory to climb back above Tottenham into fourth place, manager Ancelotti believes there is still plenty riding on the outcome tonight.