{"id":287566,"date":"2011-03-03T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/%e2%80%98i-dont-ask-my-strikers-to-score-goals%e2%80%99-chelsea-manager-carlo-ancelotti-defends-fernando-torres%e2%80%99-form\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T07:45:00","slug":"i-dont-ask-my-strikers-to-score-goals-chelsea-manager-carlo-ancelotti-defends-fernando-torres-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/i-dont-ask-my-strikers-to-score-goals-chelsea-manager-carlo-ancelotti-defends-fernando-torres-form\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don&#8217;t ask my strikers to score goals\u2019 &#8211; Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti defends Fernando Torres\u2019 form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Mar 2011 07:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.4759485095\">\n<div readability=\"15.6990291262\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Fernando Torres, Chelsea v Liverpool (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/822105d5123410_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL : Fernando Torres, Chelsea v Liverpool (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"29.1252955083\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/59\/carlo-ancelotti\">Carlo Ancelotti<\/a> has come out in defence of \u00a350 million signing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/1442\/fernando-torres\">Fernando Torres<\/a>, insisting that he does not have to return the club&#8217;s investment in goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard completed a British transfer record move to Stamford Bridge during the January transfer window, but has been unable to get his name on the scoresheet since his move to west London.<\/p>\n<p>But the Italian believes that he is happy with his forwards &#8211; including Torres &#8211; as long as they &#8220;play for the team&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, another January signing, David Luiz, has earned the praise of critics for putting in strong performances since his switch from Benfica.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have to compare them. Torres didn&#8217;t score but I don&#8217;t ask my strikers to score,&#8221; Ancelotti said, according to <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask them to play for the team. Torres did a very good job with that. People judge him on the goals he scored but I have to look at different things about his performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He worked for the team, put pressure on the defenders, moved well in front and worked hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s enough for me. Ask him, not me, if it will affect him but I don&#8217;t think it will. I&#8217;m not asking him to score.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/822105d5123410_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/03\/2377092\/i-dont-ask-my-strikers-to-score-goals-chelsea-manager-carlo\" title=\"\u2018I don't ask my strikers to score goals\u2019 - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti defends Fernando Torres\u2019 form\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018I don&#8217;t ask my strikers to score goals\u2019 &#8211; Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti defends Fernando Torres\u2019 form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 3 Mar 2011 07:45:00 EPL : Fernando Torres, Chelsea v Liverpool (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has come out in defence of \u00a350 million signing Fernando Torres , insisting that he does not have to return the club&#8217;s investment in goals. The Spaniard completed a British transfer record move to Stamford Bridge during the January transfer window, but has been unable to get his name on the scoresheet since his move to west London. But the Italian believes that he is happy with his forwards &#8211; including Torres &#8211; as long as they &#8220;play for the team&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018I don&#039;t ask my strikers to score goals\u2019 - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti defends Fernando Torres\u2019 form - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/i-dont-ask-my-strikers-to-score-goals-chelsea-manager-carlo-ancelotti-defends-fernando-torres-form\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018I don&#039;t ask my strikers to score goals\u2019 - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti defends Fernando Torres\u2019 form - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 3 Mar 2011 07:45:00 EPL : Fernando Torres, Chelsea v Liverpool (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has come out in defence of \u00a350 million signing Fernando Torres , insisting that he does not have to return the club&#039;s investment in goals. 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