Brilliant Brazilian Luiz brings boss some job security

IN A match billed as the most expensive in Premier League history, featuring players worth a combined value of €575m, it was the investment of Roman Abramovich’s in the futures market that kept Chelsea in the title race and quelled talk that manager Carlo Ancelotti may not have a future at all.

Brazilians David Luiz, a €26m buy from Benfica in January, and Ramires, who cost €20m from the same club last summer, scored the goals in a vital 2-0 victory over Manchester City that continued Chelsea’s recent revival and gave the Premier League table a more familiar look.

The result moves Ancelotti’s side, who once slumped as low as sixth, up to third on 54 points, only four adrift of second-placed Arsenal and nine points behind Manchester United, who have played a game more and who must face Chelsea at Old Trafford on May 7.