Manchester United & Arsenal cannot afford mistakes in title race – Carlo Ancelotti lauds Chelsea’s return to form

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Carlo Ancelotti has expressed his delight at Chelsea recent resurgence, and believes that neither Manchester United or Arsenal can afford any slip-ups in the final straight of the title race.

Having emerged from a run or mediorcre form, which saw the reigning champions slip to fifth spot in the Premier League, crucial wins against both United and Manchester City has seen Ancelotti’s side claw themselves back into contention, and now occupy third place – nine points behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s leaders, with a game in hand.

And while the Italian questions whether his side can complete a sensational comeback and regain the title, Ancelotti insists that their revival has put extra pressure on their rivals.

“If you think three months ago, it would have been a dream to arrive in this situation,” Ancelotti told reporters. “I don’t know what we can do until the end. We have a possibility to fight to do our best.”

“I think also Manchester United, Arsenal cannot make a mistake but this is football. Always in April at the end of the season you have to play your card but we are ready to play.

“It’s very important the coming games,” he added.

“In the month of March we played very well and won against Manchester City and Man United, and it’s good to play our football, to have confidence and obviously now we’ve arrived at a very busy moment but we are ready to play games every three days because all the players are fit, all the players have a good motivation and we are ready.”

Ancelotti also highlighted the importance of avoiding complacency, not just for Chelsea, but any club in the league with their own agendas and challenges.

“For every team to make a mistake now is very dangerous.” He added. “Not just for us, because every team is involved in having their aims so you make a mistake here and you can lose your possibility to win something.”