manager carlo ancelotti wouldn t be able to return to stamford bridge due to covid. the italian tested positive last week and didn t travel to london yesterday with his squad. but he tested negative this morning and will now be in the dugout tonight. a big game in the premier league as well this evening, with strugglers everton going to burnley, who are second from bottom and equally hungry for a win. despite the high stakes, everton boss frank lampard says he is looking forward to it. tension can be a good thing. it can also go the other way. i don t think we will feel tense, i think we will feel excited with the level of game and the competitive nature of what this game is. i loved, as a player, been involved in games where there was a lot on them. you know, we had ten of those and this is the first one that is in front of us, so, yeah, i am calm and excited and when the game comes, we willjust have to have an absolute belief in ourselves. elsewhere, the us businessman chris kirchner
it s been a tough week for thomas tuchel s side after a heavy defeat to brentford at the weekend. chelsea did beat real madrid en route to the final last season, but tuchel says that will have no bearing on this evening. we need to be better on the pitch we are the first to admit it but we need the crowd to be better, supporters to be better. it was like this we need everybody on the front foot. when you play in turin, play in malmo, play in st petersburg, play in lille, it s super hard and it s much harder to play against the spectators, as well. and we will face it next week in madrid. so, yeah, everybody needs to be on top level. it had been thought that madrid boss and former chelsea manager, carlo ancelotti, wouldn t be able to return to stamford bridge due to covid. the italian tested positive last week and didn t travel to london yesterday with his squad. but he tested negative this morning and will now be in the dugout tonight. a big game in the premier league as well thi