'I received hundreds of messages, more than 200 messages on the website, from Chelsea fans saying thank you very much. 'For me that is enough, and also the players telling me things privately. 'The majority of [the supporters] were very positive in the end. That is good. 'We couldn't change the opinion of some of them. We tried to do our best until the end.'
Rafa Benitez chose not to participate in Chelsea's end-of-season lap of honour despite their 2-1 Premier League victory over Everton ensuring his final competitive match at the club ended on a high. 'It's for the families and the players,' said Benitez, who will overlook two end-of-season friendlies against Manchester City in America before finally departing.
It certainly looked like he is leaving the club. The way Frank wanted fans to applaud Paulo one more time, calling him the best professional... Paulo Ferreira - true gentleman.
1:33 Frank - 'You are literally the best fans in the world, no doubt about that.' And then Frank wants another applaud for Paulo Ferreira, 'the best proffesional'.
Exactly. I saw him going inside so the question is whether he came back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OYUsA603A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prJOSZaGm9c
So, once the season is finished, we had the second best attack, scoring 75 goals (Man United 86) and third best defence, conceding 39 goals (Man City 34, Arsenal 37).