COBHAM – Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admits he is lucky not to have been sacked after his side’s dismal run. Just seven months after leading Chelsea to their first Premier League and FA Cup double, Ancelotti knows he is in danger of becoming the latest high-profile boss to perish at the hands of Roman Abramovich’s axe.
Blues owner Abramovich sacked Jose Mourinho, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Avram Grant after far less disappointing results than Ancelotti’s current miserable streak of one win in eight league games, which has seen the champions slip to the fringes of the title race.
“I am a lucky man, I said that a lot of times!” Ancelotti said. “I understand that a lot of coaches are sacked with these results. I can say I am a lucky man.” While Ancelotti acknowledges that he is unlikely to keep his job if Chelsea continue to struggle, the former AC Milan boss insists he should only be judged at the end of the season.
“It is difficult to say how I should be judged now. In the restuarant you pay the bill when you have finished the meal. Here it is the same. We have to pay the bill at the end of the season,” Ancelotti said. “At the end of the season the club can judge my job and everything else. Success in the Champions League is the best food. I tasted it sometimes and it is good food.”
