Furious Villas-Boas points finger at Foy

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS confronted referee Chris Foy after the referee dismissed Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba in Chelsea’s defeat at QPR.

Villas-Boas was incensed by the performance of Foy and his two assistants in a game that was decided by Heidar Helguson’s controversial ninth-minute penalty after the forward was pushed by Chelsea defender David Luiz.

Bosingwa and Drogba were sent off for first-half fouls and Villas-Boas said: “The referee was poor; very, very poor. And it reflected in the result.

“I spoke to him at the end and I was very aggressive to him afterwards. I don’t care if he’s okay or not. Everyone can have a bad day but this was not a bad day for us. It was a good day for us and a bad day for the referee.

“Conspiracy theories can lead to bans and lead to you calling us cry babies, and we’re not. But it keeps happening. We’re showing commitment and strength. Hopefully, things will go our way. Referee decisions will start going our way.”

And he added: “No, it might suggest a referee out of his emotions. A couple of decisions are right, yellow cards for sure. But I think he lost it before and was card happy towards the team. I’m not happy with the difference of treatment. I don’t think the same treatment was applied [to both teams].”

Villas-Boas cited inconsistency in the penalty decision and claimed Bosingwa should have received only a yellow card for his foul on Shaun Wright-Phillips, although he conceded Drogba’s two-footed challenge on Adel Taarabt justified a red card.

He added: “I cannot understand it. Apart from the fourth official, the other three were led by the emotions of the crowd and couldn’t deal with a game like this. I have to share my disappointment with what I saw.”