Ray Wilkins believes Carlo Ancelotti's apparently seamless adaptation to life as Chelsea's manager, a job that has served to wreck some lofty reputations in recent seasons, is down in no small part to the dose of humour the Italian has brought to the role.
Ancelotti has lost only two of his 21 competitive games in charge, establishing a five-point lead in the Premier League and winning the club's Champions League group with a game to spare, which suggests he has found the move to English football after eight years at Milan something of a breeze. It is virtually a year to the day since Luiz Felipe Scolari's impressive start at Stamford Bridge began to peter out â€" the league leadership was lost in the first week of December and never regained â€" with Wilkins, the Brazilian's No2 and retained by the new regime, acknowledging Ancelotti's ability to see the funny side in what remains a hugely pressurised job.
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