Roman Abramovich has certainly sacked managers for less than this. Is it ludicrous even to make such an observation, given how short a time Andre Villas-Boas has been in charge? Perhaps so.
But if Chelsea’s owner can dismiss Carlo Ancelotti for finishing second in the Barclays Premier League a year after guiding the club to a domestic Double, anything is possible at Stamford Bridge.
Right now second would appear well beyond Chelsea’s reach, a third defeat in four League games leaving them facing what could prove an almighty scrap even to secure a Champions League place. When the three teams who appear to be joining them in that fight are Arsenal, Tottenham and this Liverpool side, it is not going to be easy.
Thanks to a quite wonderful 87th-minute goal from Glen Johnson, the first player Abramovich bought at Chelsea, Villas-Boas’ side suffered a second consecutive home League defeat for the first time since the Russian arrived at the club in 2003.
But it is worse than that and not just because this comes after a defeat at Queens Park Rangers and that chaotic clash against Arsenal. It was the manner of the defeat that will worry the billionaire owner, the ineptitude of the first-half performance and Chelsea’s fragility in conceding the second goal despite the fact that they were the better side after the break.
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