Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich vows to stand by Andre Villas-Boas even after recent wobble

Roman Abramovich has “no intention whatsoever” of sacking Andre Villas-Boas as Chelsea manager despite being upset at the club’s poor run of form, according to a source close to the Russian billionaire.

ManUtd lack fire power against Crystal Palace

Dougie Freedman's side to face Cardiff City in the Carling Cup semi-finals after goals from Darren Ambrose and Glenn Murray.

Chelsea performance 'not good enough', says under pressure manager Andre Villas-Boas

The Chelsea manager labelled the performance unacceptable and said his team had been far “inferior” to Liverpool, who have now won on their last three visits to this stadium which had, in previous seasons, been such a fortress for the home side.

“I thought Liverpool were far superior all the way through,” Villas-Boas said.

“They had a strong desire to kill the game and we couldn’t match it. We have to be critical of ourselves and shouldn’t accept this result.

“At the moment, at home, we’ve just not been good enough. We need to get our fans behind us at home. I know, and you can feel, Stamford Bridge has become anxious about Chelsea playing at home, but we need their full support behind us. That’s the only way you can build the atmosphere to take us through this period.”

Sanchez double as Barca cut Real lead to three

An Alexis Sanchez brace helped Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday which reduced Real Madrid?s lead to three points and showed they will not give up their title without a fight.

KG eyes clash with Red Devils tonight

Bafana Bafana midfielder Kagiso Dikgacoi is looking forward to play against his childhood dream team, Manchester United, in a Carling Cup match at the Old Trafford tonight.  

Aguero sinks the gunners

Sergio Agüero puts league leaders through to the Carling Cup semi-finals with 83rd-minute strike.

Chelsea crash to Liverpool again

Andre Villas-Boas left to fear for his future as his side suffer yet another loss in the Carling Cup quarter-final.