Carlo Ancelotti admits Chelsea must beat Aston Villa on Sunday before the champions can start to believe they have ended the miserable run that threatens to destroy their title challenge
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Carlo Ancelotti admits Chelsea must beat Aston Villa on Sunday before the champions can start to believe they have ended the miserable run that threatens to destroy their title challenge.
So far, the champions do not appear to have recovered from the shock of that defeat and their air of invincibility has certainly disappeared.
"It was a hard period - that's normal," Ancelotti said. "It was a very difficult period. We have to keep going now.
"We have to maintain good focus on our training and on our games." Whether Villa can exploit Chelsea's weaknesses is another matter altogether, however.
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