Villas-Boas Sacked By Chelsea

André Villas-Boas paid the ultimate price, after he was today sacked by Chelsea following just nine months in charge. The decision comes of the back 1-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion where Villas-Boas admitted the Baggies were “superior in every minute of the game” The result left Chelsea with just three wins in twelve as well as fifth in the table with a serious risk of not qualifying for the Champions league. 

Roberto di Matteo will take charge at Stanford Bridge until the end of the session, including a FA cup tie with Birmingham on Tuesday. Before needing to reverse a 3-1 deficit at home to Napoli to stay in the Champions league.

At just 34 years of age Villas-Boas had enjoyed huge success with previous club Porto winning four trophies in a single session including the league title. 

In June 2011 the Portuguese manager stepped into the lion’s den at Chelsea, replacing Carlo Ancelotti after the Blues failed to win a trophy the previous year.

Villas-Boas made a promising start to his Chelsea career, after a four game unbeaten run provided a solid start to the session. And despite a 3-1 defeat at Manchester United, Chelsea stayed in the hunt at top of the table with new signing Juan Mata and Daniel Sturridge playing a major part of their success.

However a shaky October saw an unexpected defeat to QPR, while a 5-3 home defeat to Arsenal indicated poor defending from first choice players.

By the end of 2011 Chelsea had slipped nine points off the top of the table, as poor form also resulted in a Carling Cup exit and serious danger of a Champions league departure.

A vital home win in early December over top of the table Manchester City kept Villas-Boas clinging to his title dreams. But then inconsistent form produced just three wins in twelve and a Boxing Day draw with Fulham where even Villas-Boas admitted the title was all but over. 

Chelsea signed Gary Cahill in the January transfer window, but this couldn’t prevent their landslide in form leaving them twenty points behind Manchester City. Today the clubs website registered this statement "Unfortunately the results and performances of the team have not been good enough and were showing no signs of improving at a key time in the season.”