Ancelotti prepared to drop Torres

Published : 09 Apr 2011 09:44:06

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said he is not afraid to drop Fernando Torres for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Manchester United.Striker Torres, 27, has yet to score for Chelsea in nine matches since his £50m switch from Liverpool in January. And asked if he feared owner Roman Abramovich's reaction by dropping the player Ancelotti said: "No. I never thought that. "Roman's so intelligent, he'd never ask me not to do that." Ancelotti has been criticised for keeping .... read more