Ancelotti gives up on the Premier League title

• zocoss

  12 Feb 11, 23:41

  Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti gives up on the Premier League title
  

   

  

  Ready for action: David Luiz will start at Craven Cottage

   

   

  Carlo Ancelotti has written off Chelsea's hopes of retaining the Barclays Premier League title.

  The champions are 10 points behind Manchester United with just 13 games left - and could find themselves fifth and a further three points off the pace by the time they go to Fulham on Monday night, when David Luiz will make his first start.

  'For us it's difficult to think we can now come back to fight for the title,' said Ancelotti. 'Obviously the gap is very difficult. We have to be honest about this.'