Carlo Ancelotti has spoken of his delight after Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Marseille on Tuesday night, but also took time to congratulate the French side on their own performance.
John Terry stuck out a toe to convert a Gael Kakuta corner to put the Blues 1-0 up after just seven minutes before Nicolas Anelka effortlessly converted a penalty to put the game beyond the French team after just 28 minutes.
Marseille came out much stronger in the second half, but can only blame themselves after poor finishing in front of goal.
Ancelotti recognized the importance of the three points after seeing group rivals Spartak Moscow run out 3-0 winners at MSK Zilina earlier in the day.
“The result was important because now we have six points, and we have a good possibility to finish in first place,” the Italian told Sky Sports.
“It wasn't an easy game. I think Marseille played well especially in the second half. We played very well in the first half and used the entire pitch to attack and created a lot of chances.
“It was more difficult in the second half, we played good defensively but we could have done better in possession.
“[Marseille] took alot of risks [in the second half] because they put more pressure in our half but [that] gave us alot of possibly to counter attack.”
After John Terry’s admission that Chelsea may have taken their foot off the gas in the second half with a Premier League clash against Arsenal at the weekend coming up, Ancelotti took a step back from that notion.
“We worked hard together to defend the result but the Premier League is a different story. We are in a good position. We are top of this group [in the Champions League] and we are top of the Premier League. Everything is OK.”
John Terry stuck out a toe to convert a Gael Kakuta corner to put the Blues 1-0 up after just seven minutes before Nicolas Anelka effortlessly converted a penalty to put the game beyond the French team after just 28 minutes.
Marseille came out much stronger in the second half, but can only blame themselves after poor finishing in front of goal.
Ancelotti recognized the importance of the three points after seeing group rivals Spartak Moscow run out 3-0 winners at MSK Zilina earlier in the day.
“The result was important because now we have six points, and we have a good possibility to finish in first place,” the Italian told Sky Sports.
“It wasn't an easy game. I think Marseille played well especially in the second half. We played very well in the first half and used the entire pitch to attack and created a lot of chances.
“It was more difficult in the second half, we played good defensively but we could have done better in possession.
“[Marseille] took alot of risks [in the second half] because they put more pressure in our half but [that] gave us alot of possibly to counter attack.”
After John Terry’s admission that Chelsea may have taken their foot off the gas in the second half with a Premier League clash against Arsenal at the weekend coming up, Ancelotti took a step back from that notion.
“We worked hard together to defend the result but the Premier League is a different story. We are in a good position. We are top of this group [in the Champions League] and we are top of the Premier League. Everything is OK.”
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