London, Feb. 19 : Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson has criticized Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for axing Brazilian coach Phil Scolari.

"They have played into our hands and the title race now is going to be between ourselves and Liverpool. I was shocked that Chelsea should part so soon with a manager of such great experience and proven success as Scolari," The Sun quoted Ferguson, as saying.

"Their haste is a reflection of the sad way the game is going, with everyone from owners, the board members, the supporters and the media demanding instant success and showing no patience in the pursuit of their ambition. I'd have thought it self-evident that winning prizes comes with stability and long-term planning," he added.

London, Dec 10 : After Brazilian football coach Phil Scolari slammed WAGs saying that the beauties can put footie players in trouble, the babes’ union representative has claimed that the ‘hard-working’ stars are the best part of the game.

WAGs Union representative Lizzie Cundy, 37, said WAGs were a vital part of football.

“Football would be really boring without us,” The Daily Star quoted the WAGs, as saying.

Contrary to Phil’s comments, Lizzie stated that the WAGs don’t just live on their beau’s money, instead they are well-established women.

“Being a Wag is not a negative thing. They are very career-driven, like their husbands and boyfriends,” Lizzie said.

London, Dec 9 : Brazilian football coach Phil Scolari has said that the best thing that can ever happen to a football player is a “good wife”.

Scolari, 60, slammed the culture that involves cash, flash cars, nightclubs and WAGs, insisting that they could put the players and their career in trouble.

The manager of the Premiere League side Chelsea also warned players against using up their huge pay packets on luxuries because their career was so short.

London, Dec. 6 : Key Chelsea players John Terry and Frank Lampard have reportedly questioned coach Phil Scolari’s coaching techniques.

Terry and Lampard went to see Scolari on Thursday to ask him to increase the intensity in training. Both stars feel the coaching has become too laid back and repetitive and that it is transmitting itself on to the field.

While Lampard publicly called for Chelsea to be less predictable, Terry questioned the desire of his teammates to make a go of it in both the Premier League and the Champions League.

London, Dec. 1: Chelsea boss Phil Scolari has demanded an apology from match referee Mike Dean, saying the latter cost his side a crucial victory against Arsenal.

The Chelsea boss blamed Dean and his assistant Simon Beck for failing to call Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie offside before that team had scored an equaliser.

Van Persie scored the winner three minutes later to condemn Chelsea to their second home defeat of the season.

Big Phil fumed: “Never before at Chelsea have I said anything about the referee. But today is different. I don’t want the referee to do something different, only for him to look at the TV, see he was wrong and say sorry. Tell the assessor to ask the referee to do both sides, not one side.”

London, Nov. 7 : Chelsea is weighing the option of recruiting Michael Owen to cover for Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.