Soccer: Shut the critics up, Bates urges Chelsea stars

Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has called on the players to silence the critics following their embarrassing exit from the UEFA Cup to Israeli outsiders Hapoel Tel Aviv.

And he defended the so-called ‘Chelsea Six’ Marcel Desailly, Emmanuel Petit, Graeme Le Saux, Eidur Gudjohnsen, William Gallas and Albert Ferrer who refused to travel to Israel for the first leg because of security fears.