Ancelotti: Winning title would be huge achievement

Carlo Ancelotti has revealed retaining the Premier League with Chelsea this season would be the greatest achievement of his career.

The Blues’ worst slump in the top flight for almost 15 years has seen them blow a five-point lead to lie fifth, nine points behind Manchester United having played a game more.

Ancelotti has refused to surrender the title completely but claims Chelsea overhauling such a points deficit and all four teams above them would rank even more highly than his two Champions League triumphs with AC Milan.

“Yes, it would be fantastic. It wouldn’t be easy to do that, but we can try,” said the Italian, who believes it could take as few as 80 points to win the title this season.

“We needed 86 points to win it last year. This year, the team will need less. 80 points is enough.”