Premier League - Ancelotti to return home to father

Eurosport - Sun, 25 Oct 09:16:00 2009

Carlo Ancelotti watched Chelsea thrash Blackburn 5-0 and then revealed he was returning to Italy to be with his sick father.

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Ancelotti only arrived back in England on Saturday morning in order to take charge of his side's game against Rovers and labelled their five-goal super show as the "best performance" since he took charge at Stamford Bridge.

But the condition of 86-year-old father Giuseppe is still causing the Italian coach enough concern for him to return home on Sunday.

"It has been a difficult time but this is life," said Ancelotti. "I hope my father will be better in the next day.

"Sunday I have a free day and will go back to Italy and return on Monday but I think my father will be better. These are difficult days but after Monday I think he will be better and I can stay here without problems."

Speaking about the victory, Ancelotti said: "Chelsea played very well and it is not easy to play against us when we put great quality on the pitch. Blackburn did what they could. I liked this game very much. We played very well and it was a pleasure to see the team play like this."

PA Sport

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    From Matty, on Sun 25 Oct 11:12AM

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