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Crisis? Don’t make me laugh, says Ancelotti

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has dismissed claims his struggling Stamford Bridge regime is a mirror-image of the dying days of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s ill-fated stay.

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Published: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 10:00 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 7:11 PM

The Italian insists that he still has the backing of owner Roman Abramovich despite overseeing the Londoners’ worst league run in almost 15 years - just 10 points from their last 11 Premier League games.

He laughed off midfielder Frank Lampard’s claims that the atmosphere in and around the defending champions was similar to the dark days of Scolari, who was sacked in February 2009 after a modest haul of 17 points from 12 games

When asked about Lampard’s view, Ancelotti said: “This is not good news.

“I think the players, the team, lost some confidence in their football, the football that we played very well last year. But I think we are able to come back and play the same.”

Ancelotti, whose side have slumped to fifth in the table added: “I don’t know the feeling with Scolari, but the feeling here with the players is very good.

“Maybe it’s the same atmosphere, but we have the capacity to move on.

“We are very close. I support the players at this moment, and the players support me.

“I think it’s not a big problem if the players are not happy, no? I think the only reason they are not happy sometimes is that we didn’t get the right results. This is the only reason.”