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Chelsea boss Ancelotti to swap Drogba with Torres for Man Utd

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is ready to go with Fernando Torres for their title clinker at Manchester United.

The Italian will face a major selection dilemma surrounding £50m Torres ahead of the game - which could decide his own fate as Chelsea manager.

Torres was substituted at half-time in last month's Champions League defeat at United, and the Spanish striker was hooked against Tottenham on Saturday to make way for Salomon Kalou, who scored the late winner to keep Chelsea in the title race.

However, Ancelotti appeared to indicate that he favours a partnership of Torres and Didier Drogba for the title shoot-out, even though the ex-Liverpool striker has struggled to find his form.

"To make a decision about the line-up, I have to forget the past," said Ancelotti. "I have to look at the next training session.

"For 60 minutes [against Tottenham], Drogba and Torres played with good combination. But he [Torres] got a little bit tired and I put Kalou on to try and find some more space to attack.

"It's not so important, the shape. It's more important that you put the players with the best ability together. It's important to have players in good form, in good condition. If we want to win there, we have to use intensity.

"We did our job [against Tottenham], to stay three points behind Manchester United. That's fantastic. Our job was to win, we won and now our next job is to prepare well for Manchester United."

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