Man City boss Mancini excited facing good friend Ancelotti at Chelsea

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is excited about facing Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea today.

The pair played together for Italy, while they also crossed swords as Mancini took charge of Inter and Ancelotti was with AC Milan.

Mancini told City's website: "Carlo's a good friend of mine, we played together for the national team many times. I played against him in Italy for 15 years as well. He's a good man, a good manager and he certainly has a strong team to look after.

"We didn't think about the future back when we played, but he knows a great deal about football. Like me he played at the top level for many years, and he won many medals in Italy

"With that and all the times he played for the national side, he picked up plenty of good experience that he is using now as a manager. When we were in the Italian squad, we both talked and thought a lot about the game before we played.

"It will be another tough game, they are a top team and we need to concentrate like we did against Liverpool. If we play like we did at times against Stoke as well, then we have a chance but we must take our chances to score when they happen. We must be positive."