Ancelotti Staying Focused

Carlo Ancelotti looked ahead to Chelsea's next Premier League game after reaching the FA Cup final with victory over Aston Villa.

The Blues were made to work much harder at Wembley than when the teams last met in the league a couple of weeks ago and Villa were put to the sword 7-1.

But after a goalless first half, Didier Drogba broke the deadlock and Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard added late gloss to the scoreline.

Ancelotti was pleased to stay on track for a domestic double but called on his players to concentrate on the clash with Bolton in midweek.

"It is a good moment for us because we are confident and motivated," he said.

"But I don't want to think about what we could win. I want to focus on the next game.

"We are happy to be in the final, now we have five league games to play, starting against Bolton on Tuesday."

Martin O'Neill felt that Aston Villa should have been awarded a penalty in the first half for a foul by John Obi Mikel on Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Ancelotti replied: "It could have been a penalty, but also it might not have been.

"It was a very strong tackle in our box but the referee did not whistle. If he had it would have been a penalty."

The state of the Wembley pitch was again a talking point as players from both teams slipped on the greasy surface, although Ancelotti did not think it was too much of a problem.

"The pitch was fantastic," he said. "Some players did slip but it was adequate."