The knockout rounds of the Champions League are still early, but the battle between the league and Chelsea is just around the corner.

After Manchester United's 4-1 win over Arsenal, the only place to compete with them is Chelsea.

Chelsea started the season with five wins in a row and scored more goals than Manchester United, but then Chelsea fell out and now have 11 points less than Manchester United, and the initiative to defend the title is no longer in their hands.

In the last round of Arsenal's challenge to Manchester United, Chelsea felt it was a good opportunity to close the gap with Manchester United, but to Chelsea's disappointment, Arsenal were not able to complete the task of stopping Manchester United, and were kicked out of the title team by Manchester United.

Chelsea and Arsenal are in a similar situation in this round, if Chelsea beat Manchester United and close the gap to double digits, there is still some suspense in the title race, if Chelsea and Manchester United draw, the hope of winning the title is very small, and if Chelsea lose this game, there is only a theoretical hope of winning the title.

If Chelsea have any advantage, it is that Chelsea are playing at home, while Arsenal are playing away, Chelsea's home stadium is very terrifying, Mourinho's era has created the myth of 86 home games unbeaten, and so far this season has only lost once, and in the past eight years, Manchester United have not won a single game at Stamford Bridge.

Although Chelsea are 11 points behind Manchester United, the pressure on Ancelotti is not as great as Arsenal, Chelsea have won the league title last season, and now the owner Abou is aiming for the Champions League, as long as the Champions League plays well, it doesn't matter if he can't win the league title, of course, if the Champions League can't be won, the league title will be lost, and Ancelotti's fate will be difficult to predict.

Due to poor results and being left too far behind by Manchester United, there has been a lot of negative news about Chelsea in recent times, such as the conflict between the Francophone gang and the local gang, the sacking of assistant coach Wilkins, and the news of Anelka's bombardment of Carlo Ancelotti.

Ahead of the big game against Manchester United, an article for The Sun pointed out that Chelsea players were afraid of Carlo Ancelotti leaving the club at the end of the season, suggesting that relations between the French-speaking players and other team-mates were strained within the Blues. Carlo Ancelotti finally came out and confronted the team's many contradictions and problems: "Will I stay at Chelsea until 2012? Have I discussed the renewal of Abramovich's contract? Not yet. It's a pivotal moment in the league to reshape Chelsea and I am confident that the team will get better and better compared to the previous sluggish performances. What's wrong with Chelsea? Replacing Alex, John Terry, Essien, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba will not be easy. Is there any trouble in the dressing room? I have to say there is no problem in the dressing room, we have a very good relationship with each other. ”

After a series of self-questions and answers, Ancelotti's tough stance was unmistakable, and finally Ancelotti also announced that Frank Lampard, the core of the Blues midfield, had returned from injury after three months of injury, and there were no other surprises, and Frank Lampard will be in the squad for the game against Manchester United.

Frank Lampard is the brains of Chelsea, the magic lamp and the most goal-scoring midfielder in Premier League history, with more than 100 goals now scored, and Lampard is also the Chelsea player who has scored the most goals on the pitch of Manchester United, with a total of four goals, and his availability for the game against Manchester United is great news for Chelsea fans.

Although Chelsea are not in good form, the Premier League champion is the Premier League champion, Manchester United did not dare to be careless at all, and Ferguson even played psychological warfare against Chelsea before the game.

Ferguson first talked eloquently, saying that Chelsea's thinking was completely wrong, "They did not renew the contracts of veterans such as Ballack, Belletti and Deco, and wanted to put young players such as Sturridge and McEachran, which is unwise, and they can't win the championship with inexperienced players." Manchester United have young players but the team has always taken the role of veterans very seriously, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs have played here for so many years, they have a lot of experience in major competitions, and with people like them, it has never been a problem for us to deal with strong conversations. ”

Speaking about the heavyweight clash and Frank Lampard's comeback, Ferguson said: " The pressure on Chelsea is greater than ours, we have nothing to lose, at least eight points ahead, the initiative to win the title is still in our hands, I am not worried about Lampard's return at all, Lampard is a great player, he is amazing, he has scored more than 20 goals for four consecutive years, but now the most goal-scoring midfielder does not belong to Lampard, Manchester United also has the most goal-scoring midfielder, that is Gao Xiaodong, I believe that now fans around the world can't wait to see the two most goalscoring midfielders face off. ”

In the opinion of the experienced Ancelotti, Ferguson is simply trying to create psychological pressure for Chelsea, retorting: "Sir Alex Ferguson should worry a little more about his old and new combinations, Gary. After Neville retired during the winter break, United couldn't even find a captain. I'm sure my players won't be influenced by Sir Alex Ferguson, Chelsea are a very experienced team, we won't give up on any title, anyone who has been to Stamford Bridge knows it's not a place for outsiders to go wild, starting with Manchester United, we're going to get out of the slump and get back on the fast track to winning games in a row. ”

Blues vice-president Frank Lampard also responded to Sir Alex Ferguson, with the Chelsea ironman telling reporters: 'It doesn't affect us, we're all together now and all we care about is staying focused on the pitch. Although the points are not very good for us, we will definitely turn this disadvantage around...... Gao Xiaodong is a fantastic player, his attacking power is very strong, Manchester United relies on him very much, I don't think this is the situation that a championship team should have, as for me or Gao Xiaodong who has stronger attacking power, I don't think it matters, it is the most important thing to win the final championship. ”

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard singled out Gao Xiaodong's name, and Gao Xiaodong naturally couldn't pretend not to know, he said of Lampard in his pre-match press conference. Frank Lampard is a great player, he won the second Ballon d'Or, which is the peak that I haven't reached now, there have been many people who called me Manchester United's Frank Lampard or Inter's Frank Lampard because I can score goals, but I want to tell the fans that my characteristics are very different from Lampard, I am more comprehensive than Lampard, as for who scored more goals between me and Lampard in the end, I don't think it matters, this game is not a duel between me and Lampard, it will not be a duel between Ferdinand and Terry, let alone a duel between Wayne Rooney and Drogba, this is a duel between Manchester United and Chelsea, I believe that the winner will be Manchester United, and it has always been my dream to kick Chelsea out of the title team。 ”