{"id":395753,"date":"2011-04-25T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-hoping-manchester-united-crack-in-title-race-we-can-put-them-under-pressure-with-win-over-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T07:24:00","slug":"chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-hoping-manchester-united-crack-in-title-race-we-can-put-them-under-pressure-with-win-over-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-hoping-manchester-united-crack-in-title-race-we-can-put-them-under-pressure-with-win-over-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hoping Manchester United crack in title race: We can put them under pressure with win over Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jonathan Birchall<\/h3>\n<h4>25 Apr 2011 08:24:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"84.880794702\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d95beea4128910_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><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> believes the upcoming fortnight will be the most vital period of the entire season as the Premier League title race enters its final month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Stamford Bridge outfit have emerged as the main challengers to champions-elect Manchester United having seen Arsenal lose at Bolton on Sunday and will face Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s side at Old Trafford on May 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The current Premier League champions will be hoping that rivals Arsenal can do them a favour this weekend, however, as United travel to the Emirates looking comfortable with a six-point lead at the top of the table while Chelsea face the Gunners\u2019 north London rivals Tottenham a day earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking following his side\u2019s 3-0 victory over West Ham on Saturday, Ancelotti said: \u201cIf we can beat Tottenham, we can put more pressure on Manchester United in the game against Arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have two important games. The title will be decided in 14 days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ancelotti has also refused to rule out the possibility of the title race going down to goal difference, something that has not happened since Arsenal pipped Liverpool to the post in 1989.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: \u201cIt could happen, so it was important for us to score three goals. We didn\u2019t deserve to score three goals today, but it was good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former AC Milan boss has also stated that his side cannot afford to drop a single point from now until the end of the season, with games against Everton and Newcastle concluding their campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt will be difficult to win all four, we have to play very tough games,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We know that if we don\u2019t win one game, we can lose our ambition and so there is pressure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d95beea4128910_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/25\/2457081\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-hoping-manchester-united-crack\" title=\"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hoping Manchester United crack in title race: We can put them under pressure with win over Tottenham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hoping Manchester United crack in title race: We can put them under pressure with win over Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jonathan Birchall 25 Apr 2011 08:24:00 Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti believes the upcoming fortnight will be the most vital period of the entire season as the Premier League title race enters its final month. The Stamford Bridge outfit have emerged as the main challengers to champions-elect Manchester United having seen Arsenal lose at Bolton on Sunday and will face Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s side at Old Trafford on May 8. The current Premier League champions will be hoping that rivals Arsenal can do them a favour this weekend, however, as United travel to the Emirates looking comfortable with a six-point lead at the top of the table while Chelsea face the Gunners\u2019 north London rivals Tottenham a day earlier.\u00a0 Speaking following his side\u2019s 3-0 victory over West Ham on Saturday, Ancelotti said: \u201cIf we can beat Tottenham, we can put more pressure on Manchester United in the game against Arsenal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hoping Manchester United crack in title race: We can put them under pressure with win over Tottenham - 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\/04\/25\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-hoping-manchester-united-crack-in-title-race-we-can-put-them-under-pressure-with-win-over-tottenham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hoping Manchester United crack in title race: We can put them under pressure with win over Tottenham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jonathan Birchall 25 Apr 2011 08:24:00 Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti believes the upcoming fortnight will be the most vital period of the entire season as the Premier League title race enters its final month. 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