Benitez shrugs off criticism from fans
Under-fire interim manager Rafael Benitez insists he is unfazed by the anger directed at him by Chelsea fans during the defeat against Swansea.
Wednesday night’s 2-0 reverse in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg was the Blues’ second home loss in the space of a week, coming after QPR’s win at Stamford Bridge.
Benitez, unpopular among the Chelsea faithful from his time as Liverpool boss, was barracked during and after the match.
But he believes the reaction would have been very different had the team managed to convert their chances.
Asked about the criticism from fans, Benitez said: “You [the media] analyse all these things because we lost.
“If we’d scored one or two goals everything would be different. We are doing some things really well.
“We have to keep winning if we can. The team is doing a lot of good things and hopefully we can continuing improving.”
Chelsea dominated much of the game before going behind after a mistake by Branislav Ivanovic, who made another error for the potentially decisive second goal.
“Play this game 10 times and maybe you will win nine times,” Benitez argued.
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10/01/2013 @ 11:18 am
This Torres has cost chelsea alot this season and will still cost another damage if not taking care of
10/01/2013 @ 10:38 am
Ralf ur wrong why cant u start torres along with demba ba? man u play VP, Roony and checherito at the same time, okey u need goal why cant u pull out any player and put more stricker and demba ba is in the bench, B4 we use to play enelka, drogba and torres at the same time is it componsery that u must remove stricker b4 u a stricker ? Pls quit now with out official sack letter ur nt capable for the job, in game of football if ur need a goal u remove any player and put stricker pls dont forget to go with ur country man torres u lack what it takes to our coach sorry.