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Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe Carlo Ancelotti deserves to have his future as Chelsea manager brought into question.
In the immediate aftermath of Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final defeat to Manchester United last month, it was suggested Roman Abramovich was ready to call time on the Italian's short stay at Stamford Bridge.
It would represent a remarkable conclusion to a tenure that brought a domestic double in Ancelotti's first full season but shows just how keenly Abramovich views success in Europe.
However, the epitaphs were written on the basis Chelsea had no chance of retaining the Premier League title.
Instead, they headed to Old Trafford on Sunday knowing victory would take them back to the top of the table, with just two games remaining.
And Ferguson feels that emphasises how wide of the mark those previous assessments of Ancelotti have been.
"I have every respect for Carlo Ancelotti," Ferguson told United Review, "an outstanding man and a great coach with a dignity that has helped him shrug off the unfounded criticism that dogged him a little while ago.
"Where it comes from, I am not sure.
"To a certain extent, he will understand criticism because there is plenty of it in Italy. But what he has experienced in England seems particularly unfounded.
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"He has won both the European Cup and the Scudetto as a player and manager and last season did the league and FA Cup double with Chelsea.
"He doesn't deserve to be questioned or future queried the way it has been this season."
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