Villas-Boas: We are on the right track

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has admitted Chelsea have endured “a disastrous week” but insists he is still on course to produce a side capable of winning the Barclays Premier League.

Tonight’s trip to Belgium for the Champions League clash with Genk is almost a relief for the Portuguese manager. The past eight days have seen Villas-Boas suffer arguably the biggest setback of his otherwise precocious managerial career, with back-to-back top-flight defeats sandwiching the John Terry racism inquiry, three red cards, and two — or possibly three — FA fines.

Saturday’s 5-3 defeat to Arsenal — the first time Chelsea have conceded five goals in a home game for 22 years — raised questions about Villas-Boas’s philosophy and tactics.