{"id":418483,"date":"2011-05-06T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/06\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-to-opt-for-didier-drogba-over-fernando-torres-for-manchester-united-clash-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-06T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T08:42:00","slug":"chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-to-opt-for-didier-drogba-over-fernando-torres-for-manchester-united-clash-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/06\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-to-opt-for-didier-drogba-over-fernando-torres-for-manchester-united-clash-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to opt for Didier Drogba over Fernando Torres for Manchester United clash &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>6 May 2011 09:42:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.0010934937\">\n<div readability=\"13.8655462185\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carlo Ancelotti &#038; Fernando Torres, Chelsea (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/128000\/128006_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti &#038; Fernando Torres, Chelsea (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.6869863014\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/1442\/fernando-torres\">Fernando Torres<\/a> appears set to warm the Old Trafford substitutes&#8217; bench on Sunday as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/59\/carlo-ancelotti\">Carlo Ancelotti<\/a> is expected to task <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/497\/didier-drogba\">Didier Drogba<\/a> with leading the line in his side&#8217;s title defining clash with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian manager used both the Spaniard and Ivorian in his starting line-up during last weekend\u2019s controversial victory over Tottenham, but the presence of the two forced Drogba into a wide position as the Blues achieved what their manager branded a \u201clucky\u201d victory.<\/p>\n<p>Torres\u2019 solitary goal in the home victory against West Ham sparked hope amongst the club&#8217;s supporters that the floodgates would open but it is believed that Ancelotti harbours more hope of Drogba unsettling the United back line.<\/p>\n<p>After a hat-trick against West Brom on the opening day of the season, Drogba has scored sporadically since to take his Premier League total to 12 goals, but his impact against Manchester United when introduced in the Champions League clash earlier last month could prove decisive in Sunday\u2019s team selection.<\/p>\n<p>On that night, Drogba replaced Torres at half-time and scored a trademark goal to give the Blues a glimmer of hope before Ji-Sung Park knocked Chelsea out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that Ancelotti will not make his final decision on which personnel will fill his front line until his players arrive in Manchester for the fixture.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/06\/2473729\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-to-opt-for-didier-drogba-over\" title=\"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to opt for Didier Drogba over Fernando Torres for Manchester United clash - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to opt for Didier Drogba over Fernando Torres for Manchester United clash &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 6 May 2011 09:42:00 Carlo Ancelotti &#038; Fernando Torres, Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Fernando Torres appears set to warm the Old Trafford substitutes&#8217; bench on Sunday as Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is expected to task Didier Drogba with leading the line in his side&#8217;s title defining clash with Manchester United <\/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-418483","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>Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to opt for Didier Drogba over Fernando Torres for Manchester United clash - report - 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\/05\/06\/chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-to-opt-for-didier-drogba-over-fernando-torres-for-manchester-united-clash-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to opt for Didier Drogba over Fernando Torres for Manchester United clash - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"6 May 2011 09:42:00 Carlo Ancelotti &amp; Fernando Torres, Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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