WE PLAYED WITH INTENSITY – Chelsea Bos

Despite drawing against Everton, Carlo Ancelotti said he was satisfied with his side's performance today but disappointed with the result.

The Italian was pleased with Chelsea's intensity and concentration against Everton and felt the team were unlucky not to win the fixture.

'I am happy because Chelsea played very well for 90 minutes but I am unhappy with the result, we didn't win,' explained Ancelotti.

'When you play like Chelsea played today you deserve to win. We didn't win, we made mistakes on the set plays and if I have to look at the team we played very well for 90 minutes. We created a lot of chances to score and we were unlucky today.'

The Blues conceded from set plays as both the first and final Everton goal arrived following fouls 35 yards out, with Chelsea sitting very deep in defence for each freekick.

'We didn't deal with the set plays well,' insisted Ancelotti.

'We were down very close to the goal and it was necessary to stay a little bit up.

'Now we have to work on the set plays and we have to improve.'

However, our manager was keen to stress the goals arrived from a failure to deal with the situations as a team, not any single player.

'It is not an individual mistake. We kept 10 players in the box and we conceded a goal, it is a collective mistake.'

But regardless of whether the goals arrived through failure to deal with set pieces, Everton manager David Moyes felt the draw was the best result his side has produced this season.

'It was a great draw for us,' said Moyes.

'I would certainly have taken a draw before the game; we were really worried about how it would end up.

'But in the end we showed great resilience, endeavour and we played well, great credit to the boys who played today.'

With a point secured we now sit three clear at the top of the table, but with a late kick off between Aston Villa and Manchester United there's a chance the Red Devils could be even with us before the day is out.

'Maybe Manchester United can arrive at the same position as us and maintain the top of the league but there will be a lot of games before the end of the season,' explained Ancelotti.

The worry now for many fans could be the departure of Didier Drogba to the African Cup of Nations for a large majority of those remaining games. But despite losing four members of his first team to the competition, Ancelotti reiterated he was sure there would be no new arrivals in January.

'In January I would like to say for the last time we won't try for anybody, of this I am 100 per cent sure,' added Ancelotti, insisting he had full confidence in his current squad.

'I don't lose any trust in my players and in my team.

'I am more than happy that we have a point rather than see a team without intensity or without concentration.

'I don't have to say anything of my players because they did the maximum today.'