Chelsea back on track

Steve Griffiths

Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea are back on track even though the champions squandered a golden opportunity to end their dismal run in a dramatic 1-1 draw against Tottenham.

After a series of abject displays during a sequence of just two wins from eight games, perhaps it wasn’t surprising that Ancelotti tried to accentuate the positives after Chelsea battled back to secure a point at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

But it could have been so much better if Didier Drogba had converted a stoppage time penalty.

Drogba came off the bench to cancel out Roman Pavlyuchenko’s opener, but the Ivory Coast striker saw his spot-kick saved by Heurelho Gomes and Chelsea have now gone five league games without a win. The Blues finished the weekend down in fourth place and they could be four points off the top if Arsenal win at Manchester United on Monday.

AFP