Villas-Boas retains 'full belief'
February 22, 2012 08:37:37 UK
Ezequiel Lavezzi netted twice to help defeat Chelsea in Naples.Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has vowed to correct defensive mistakes which cost his side dearly in their 3-1 Champions League defeat away to Napoli.
The Blues left themselves with a huge task in the second leg of their last-16 tie, with Villas-Boas likely to come under further pressure if his side are knocked out of Europe's premier club competition.
We have full belief in these players and we have to continue to work with them to get it right.
Andre Villas-Boas
Chelsea are now 3.00 to win the Champions League, with Napoli 1213.00 and holders Barcelona 1213.00.
The Portuguese said after a damaging loss in Naples: "We have to solve these mistakes at the back. We need this concentration right and this efficiency right, for sure.
"At the moment, without John (Terry), a very important player for the team, we have suffered a lot of goals recently.
"We had improved a lot at the beginning of January, so we have missed John. But we have full belief in these players and we have to continue to work with them to get it right."
Villas-Boas was also defiant in the defence of his team selection, with Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Fernando Torres all left on the bench - although the first three all came on during the game.
"Through the players that they are and the players with the experience they have, they felt they could have helped the team," he added. "That's perfectly understandable."
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