UCL: ANCELOTTI BACKS TODD BOEHLY'S RECENT JUDGMENT ON CHELSEA PLAYERS

Carlo Ancelotti, manager of Real Madrid, has claimed that Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has the right to criticize the Blues' players in the dressing room. after games.

After speaking to Frank Lampard's team following their 2-1 Premier League defeat to Brighton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Boehly described Chelsea's current condition as "embarrassing."

After the team's third consecutive defeat under Lampard this season, Boehly singled out one senior Chelsea player for criticism.

Ancelotti remarked before of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea on Tuesday night that Boehly should be allowed to make his decision straight to the Chelsea squad.

"From the owners, it could be an important motivation for the players," Ancelotti said at his pre-match press conference ahead of the game.

"The Chelsea moment isn't a good moment, I think having the support of the club could inspire the players to play better.

"I think it is a good move to do this and if the clubs want to come and talk to the players I have no problem, absolutely.

"If he Real Madrid's president wants to talk to me every game I'm pleased because I think the owner has the right to know what are the decisions of the managers, so it's the right of the club to know what the manager does."