I had half expected a humble Andre Villa Boas to acknowledge his team's defensive disorganization and Arsenal's attacking superiority in his post match conference after the derby at Stamford Bridge.
Instead, all we got was a lecture in how luck can undermine an excellent team. Here's some of his comments-
"You have to take two goals out of the situation because one was caused by a slip from our player that left Robin van Persie through on goal, and the other came when we were chasing an equaliser so it's nothing to do with defensive organisation. We were punished by an unlucky situation. Luck didn't want anything with us today..."
Take two of the goals out? What about the other three? Was it down to luck that Gervinho found enough time one-on-one with Cech, to set up Van Persie for his first? Where was Bosingwa when Santos ran down the Chelsea right flank to score the second Arsenal goal? How did Walcott trip, get up and still manage to score in front of 4 Chelsea defenders?
Must be luck.
Give me a break. It sounds like Mr. Villa Boas is making excuses rather than acknowledge how difficult getting a win against the Premiership top team can be.
His next chance to show fans and management that he's the right man for the job would be on November 20, when Liverpool comes to town.
Luckily for AVB, Liverpool is a light weight when compared to Manchester City and Manchester United. However, that's what pundits said about Arsenal.
The lesson is simple - Don't believe everything you read. Anything can happen in the English Premier League.
I love this league!
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