Villas-Boas – I will NEVER change my philosophy

Andre Villas-Boas watched his team put in an awful defensive display against Arsenal, conceding five goals for the first time in 22 years, but the Chelsea manager is adamant that he will continue with his philosophy of playing attacking football.

“We have gone over the Arsenal mistakes in private, but don’t be misled,” said Villas-Boas. “We’re not weakened by our philosophy, even by playing with a high line. If it’s not right at the moment, we’ll focus on getting it right. I asked the players to contribute: that’s just my leadership style. Mine’s a two-way approach where the players are ‘incentivated’ to give an opinion. It’ll always be a two-way process for me where the most important words and actions are from my players. Again, after a defeat like this, a player’s own reflection is the most important thing.

“Positive football is something exciting for the fans. Nobody likes to watch negative, speculative football, but I also like to be on the right end of the victories. I’m just focusing on my football, but this is all a question of balance. Of achieving good balance between attack and defence in games. There’ll never be a change of approach from me. Never. The philosophy will never change.”

There is no doubt that it was an exciting game for the watching fans, but no Chelsea supporter likes to see the Blues lose at home, especially to Arsenal!