Carlo Ancelotti reckons Jose Bosingwa's Chelsea colleagues need to use their Champions League exit as motivation in their bid to win the Premier League title.
The Blues suffered an acrimonious exit to former boss Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan 3-1 on aggregate on Tuesday night at the last 16 stage of the Champions League.
Chelsea were disappointing losing, 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to the Italian side and Ancelotti has admitted he will be under pressure following the result.
However, he now needs to get his side back in the right mindset to now go forward and win the Premier League and FA Cup. The online betting suggests they are in with a chance of doing the double, but they will need to dig deep.
Ancelotti believes his players need to control their emotions and be strong in the games against Blackburn and Portsmouth that come in the next seven days.
"This defeat could be a very good motivation for the next few games," said the Italian manager.
"We have to be strong after this defeat. We have to have a new motivation, a good motivation, for the future."
Chelsea will have to go on in their Premier League title battle without Chelsea and Portugal right-back Jose Bosingwa, who is out injured with a knee problem for the rest of the season.
The 27-year-old has not featured since limping out of the game against Aston Villa in October and the club recently revealed he needed another operation on his knee, ruling him out for the run in.
He will also be unavailable for Portugal in the summer, news which could be a blow to the side's World Cup 2010 odds.
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