The Brazilian centre back has come out in support of the under-fire Chelsea manager, stating that it's the job of the media to criticise people.
Chelsea are in the line of fire over their far-from-pleasing performances in the ongoing 2010/11 season. Currently occupying the fifth spot on the Barclays Premier League table, Chelsea are almost certainly out of the title race as early as March; league
leaders Manchester City are a mammoth 17 points ahead.
A club of Chelsea's stature cannot afford to lose out on Champions League football, and the young manager, Andre Villas-Boas has come under heavy criticism.
Villas-Boas' job has been all the more difficult by his senior players not supporting his reign, with the club's talisman http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 openly admitting to differences with the coach.
But the manager is not without support in the Chelsea camp. Young Brazilian centre-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542, has come out in support of his besieged manager.
"I'm always anxious before games because I love playing football, even when the game finishes I want to play again.
"But maybe we are anxious as players because we don't like having bad moments and we want to respond, for ourselves and for the fans. The moment now is positive, not negative." He told the club's official website.
Chelsea and Villas-Boas have been the target of widespread media speculation, but the youngster brushed off such attention.
"All teams have problems, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 are first and somebody else is seventh, then they get criticised," he explained.
"That is the job of the media, if there is nobody to criticise the media don't have a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, but I believe in Andre and I believe in all of the players.
"This season is difficult, but it's important to focus only on the present and not to worry about the past or the future."
Luiz himself has come under widespread criticism for his poor performances in absence of the club captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895. However, he is eager to turn a new chapter and climb up in the league rankings.
As things stand, the North London club are fifth in the league rankings. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 occupy the last Champions League spot, fourth, owing to a superior goal difference. But there's time yet for all that to change.
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