Ancelotti hails Chelsea strikers

2011-02-23 10:19:19

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised his strikers after the 2-0 win over Copenhagen in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie.

Nicolas Anelka scored twice after starting alongside Fernando Torres, while Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou came on late in the game.

Asked if they were the best in Europe, Ancelotti said: "Yes, I think.

"We want to maintain their fitness but rotation could do them good with the Premier League and Champions League."

The win was a welcome tonic for Ancelotti, whose side were knocked out of the FA Cup by Everton on Saturday while they are struggling to defend their Premier League title.

The Stamford Bridge outfit are now on the brink of a place in the quarter-finals barring a capitulation in the return leg on 16 March.

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