Ancelotti blasts Chelsea flops

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has blasted his players after their Champions League draw with Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday. An error late in the game by midfielder John Obi Mikel allowed the Cypriot minnows to net an equaliser. "It was the worst display since I came here. In the second half we lost intensity, lost concentration, we played too slowly and too soft," fumed Ancelotti afterwards. "For this, I'm not happy. We have to play 90 minutes with intensity and concentration. It's not important about the result. It's important to play our best every game and I told the players that." Apoel had earlier stunned the Blues with a sixth minute opener before Michael Essien netted a thunderous 25 yard strike. Didier Drogba then put Chelsea ahead when he produced an excellent finish from a Yuri Zhirkov cross before Nenad Mirosavljevic raced clear to equalise with three minutes left.