Scolari clueless after Chelsea capitulation

The Blues' 3-0 capitulation to a dominant Manchester United was their first away defeat in the Premier League for 13 months and their heaviest for nearly three years.

Scolari's side have now picked up just 10 points from their last eight League games and have gone from favourites at the start of the season to outsiders to win the title.

The Brazilian, who signed a two-year contract last summer, has already come under fire from fans following the Carling Cup exit to Burnley and the ignominy of being held to a draw at home by Southend in the FA Cup.

After the game, Scolari, remarkably claimed he has no idea how to turn the team's form around.
Scolari said: "We are not playing well at the moment to win any competition.

"In the last five games we have not played very well.

"Some games you don't score but create many chances but we are not playing well like we did before.

"I don't know how to change it. I need to think after tomorrow. I have two ways. I can play the same players and look for an improvement in them or I can change some players.

"I don't know what has happened. I need to think. I need to look at some set- plays. I need to show the players many things and afterwards I decide.

"Manchester United were better than us. I think it's done some very big damage [to their title hopes] because we didn't come here to play like this. We need to be men and improve. We cannot afford to think we have lost everything.

"I am not someone who thinks like this and I don't think my players are either."

Chelsea's poor form is sure to alarm owner Roman Abramovich, who sacked Avram Grant for failing to win a trophy last season.

However, striker Nicolas Anelka insists it is too early to panic with the club still in three competitions.

He said: "The fans have been frustrated by our recent results, which is logical to me. As far as the players are concerned, we have not been happy with some of our games. The positive point is that we are still on course for the Treble. We understand it's going to be massively tough, but everything is possible."

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs believes his side's victory has given them a massive boost in their bid to win the title for a third straight year.

They trail leaders Liverpool by five points but will go top if they win at home to Wigan on Wednesday and at Bolton on Saturday.

Giggs said: "It gives us confidence because we'd had one point out of the previous three meetings against the top sides, so we've got them all at home now and we've got to make the most of it.''
Rafael Benitez, meanwhile, has made a fresh attack on United with a swipe at the club's chief executive David Gill.

Last week Liverpool's boss claimed United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson gets away with criticising referees and rubbished his complaints about the fixture list. He has followed that up with comments about Gill, who is on the Football Association's board.

Benitez said: "They were saying we are a threat. Now they know we are, they are playing mind games.
"It's not a mind game when you have control over everything; it's a mind game when you have the same level as the other people, then you can show you are cleverer than the others. But when you have control of everything and your chief executive is powerful in the FA, then that is not mind games.

"Is there a conflict of interest with David Gill at the FA? It is a fact that one person has a lot of power and control, and is on a lot of committees in the FA. To me that is very strange."