John Terry Penalty Miss Clearly the Result of Bad Managing Says Abramovich

Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich made clear today that the reason for former England captain and veteran defender John Terry's horrific missed penalty kick, and thus Chelsea's Champions League exit, can be blamed entirely on the poor coaching of Avram Grant. The 53 year old Isreali manager, according to Abramovich "obviously forgot to instruct Terry how to shoot ball at net during the many, many session of practice that I financed this year for glorious Chelsea Team".

Captain John Terry after realizing that Grant had never prepared him for the scenario.

New sigining Nicolas Anelka, one of the Premier Leagues most prolific scorers, also backed his owner claiming that Avram Grant made two major mistakes this year by refusing to play him as a lead striker and by not telling him that Edwin Van der Saar might try to block his penalty attempt.

Abramovich was not finished though. "All that Grant has done this year is pick up the pieces of shattered and demoralized team, keep comparable winning percentage to Mourinho, and taken Chelsea to within one penalty kick of Champions League glory. This is weak managing and willl not be tolerated at glorious Chelsea Football Club. Come on, this "man" cannot even explain the rules of Football to Didier."

Avram Grant had very little to say in return as he huddled in his home, crying over his own failure. All the broken man could say was "Keeping Drogba from cheating and getting a revered English player to not shit-the-bed in a shootout are the two greatest challenges a football manager can face. But Anelka missing a simple PK; that one is totally my fault".