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ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS is sure last season’s infamous events at QPR cost Chelsea the title.
Tottenham boss AVB takes on his old club today for the first time since they sacked him in March.
But a year ago this weekend he was in charge of Chelsea for a London derby that is still making headlines now.
They went to Loftus Road third in the table having lost just one of their first eight Premier League games.
Victory would have seen AVB’s team leapfrog Manchester United to go second, just three points behind leaders Manchester City — who had won 6-1 at Old Trafford earlier that day.
Instead they lost 1-0 and had two players sent off in a stormy clash that will always be remembered for igniting the race row between John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.
The repercussions of that saga are still being felt today as Terry misses the clash with Spurs through his four-game FA ban for using racist language.
But AVB believes the match at Loftus Road had a much more immediate impact on Chelsea’s title hopes.
He said: “After the QPR game we had a consecutive run of bad results.
“In the end football results is about stability and jumping from adversity.
“At my time at Chelsea we never got that stability. We were always up and down.
“We went to Everton away in the League Cup and won and it was a massive win.
“But then we dropped points against Arsenal and Liverpool.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz29nW3u0XN
Tottenham boss AVB takes on his old club today for the first time since they sacked him in March.
But a year ago this weekend he was in charge of Chelsea for a London derby that is still making headlines now.
They went to Loftus Road third in the table having lost just one of their first eight Premier League games.
Victory would have seen AVB’s team leapfrog Manchester United to go second, just three points behind leaders Manchester City — who had won 6-1 at Old Trafford earlier that day.
Instead they lost 1-0 and had two players sent off in a stormy clash that will always be remembered for igniting the race row between John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.
The repercussions of that saga are still being felt today as Terry misses the clash with Spurs through his four-game FA ban for using racist language.
But AVB believes the match at Loftus Road had a much more immediate impact on Chelsea’s title hopes.
He said: “After the QPR game we had a consecutive run of bad results.
“In the end football results is about stability and jumping from adversity.
“At my time at Chelsea we never got that stability. We were always up and down.
“We went to Everton away in the League Cup and won and it was a massive win.
“But then we dropped points against Arsenal and Liverpool.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz29nW3u0XN
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