Ancelotti not afraid to drop Torres

LONDON: 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.

The striker has yet to score for Chelsea in nine matches since his £50million switch from Liverpool.

Ancelotti has been criticised for keeping Torres on the field in the 1-0 first-leg defeat by United in the first-leg encounter.

The manager insisted that he will select the best possible line-up for the match.

“Fernando might not start against United, of course,” said Ancelotti.

“Why not? I have to choose the best line-up. There’s a lot of competition up front and anything can happen. Fernando knows this very well.”



Published in The Express Tribune, April 10^th, 2011.