Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has enjoyed a good weekend in the Premier League as he has seen his side get three points closer to Manchester United, and has shrugged off Salomon Kalou’s post-match strop after scoring the winner against Tottenham yesterday.
The Ivorian came off the bench to score the winning goal for the Blues against Harry Redknapp’s side, then immedietly disappeared down the tunnel straight after the full-time whistle instead of celebrating with his team-mates and the Chelsea support.
Kalou was reportedly unhappy that he had been left out in favour of Fernando Torres as Carlo was keen to try out the Spaniard and Didier Drogba as a strike pairing, but the manager was cool on the incident:
“I am happy because he scored a goal and if he didn’t celebrate because he was disappointed, I’m not interested.
“It’s not a problem. I have to manage valuable professional players and I understand sometimes they are not happy to stay on the bench, but this is Chelsea.
“It is a top club, you have competition in the squad because a top club does not just have 11 players.”
The striker has been enjoying a good run of late and was unfortunate not to lose his starting place for yesterday’s game, but this is bigger than him and I think he showed poor form to not celebrate with his team-mates and I’m sure he knows this himself.
However, it’s a minor negative and what matters is the three points gained on Manchester United, who lost at the Emirates Stadium today.
A win against United next weekend would put Chelsea top of the league by virtue of goal difference, who thought we’d be in this position after suffering our worst form in years?
Poor Kalou, he is so underrated, even though he has been frustrating sometimes cause of blatant missed, he should be treated better cause he did a lot for the club. I noticed even when he scores nice goals, a lot of fans just close their eyes on it. I think he should be treated better, with more respect cause after all he is human, and if the coach tend to make him feel too much that he has less value than his teammates, of course he will snap, as every human beings. Wish you luck Kalou!
I agree with chacole!CFC NEED to play 433! This system IS CFC! Please Carlo and Clement; do not play Torres! He can be CFC supersub the rest of season. 433 and the title is for CC to GRAB! GO CHELS!