Carlo Ancelotti sets aim for Chelsea to win Premier League Chelsea

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Carlo Ancelotti has set Chelsea a target of 86 points to win the Barclays Premier League.

The West London club sit in third place with 65 points, but victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park tomorrow would leave them only a point behind leaders Manchester United with seven games remaining. Chelsea then face Aston Villa at home and United at Old Trafford.

"I like statistics and I think that, in the past, with 86 points every team has won the title," the Chelsea manager said. "We need to get 86 points to win.

"We have less opportunity to win after last week because we lost two points at Blackburn, but we have a chance to win the title and we will do everything we can to do so."

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After their disappointing 1-1 draw with Blackburn on Sunday, Ancelotti believes his side can return to winning ways against Portsmouth. "We are disappointed about the last matches," he said. "We are out of the Champions League and lost our position at the top of the table, but everyone has kept putting in the right behaviour.

"We had possibilities to win more and we didn"t, so we are disappointed, but we put more intensity into our jobs. We have to have more discipline on the pitch. We have to stay more focused on our defensive positions.

"When we don"t win, we are disappointed, but we have a possibility to come back and win tomorrow and with a victory, put this moment behind us."

On his own future at Stamford Bridge, the former AC Milan manager expects to keep his job even if Chelsea do not win any silverware this season. "My future is definitely at Chelsea next season," Ancelotti said. "I can confirm that. I have two more years of my contract [to run]."

Ancelotti believes Joe Cole will be a part of his plans next season, even though contract talks between the midfielder and the club have stalled. Cole"s deal expires in the summer and he would be free to join another club.

"There is a time to speak about his contract," Ancelotti said. "I have passed this to the club. I gave my technical opinion about this player, and nothing else. Joe is showing a pleasure to stay and play for this club. He"s doing a very good job, he"s very professional and he has a very good relationship with his other team-mates.

"He wants to play and he"s doing everything he can in training to show me his quality. Sometimes he"s played and sometimes he"s stayed out, but that"s what happens at the big teams."