The rallying cry of opposing team’s supporters, “boring, boring Chelsea,” has become commonplace and the only defense of falling behind to Chelsea. The defensive, conservative approach of Chelsea has been ridiculed by other club’s supporters, players, managers, and the media. With the Blues getting ready for a parade in SW6 after hoisting the Premier League trophy, is Chelsea really doing anything wrong? I find it hard to understand why there is so much hate toward the Chelsea FC style of play?

Chelsea FC have cemented themselves in first place in the table since Matchday 1. The Blues have won plenty of trophies over the past several years, and that does not look to be changing any time soon.

Following the Manchester United loss to Chelsea at the weekend, Louis Van Gaal complained in his post-match remarks, “It’s an unbelievable result. That is a pity when you play so well”. I don’t care if you had 70% of possession and played “so well,” all of that goes out the window when you can’t put the ball in the back of the net. Therefore, in my humble opinion you can’t play “well” when you lose a match.

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The United manager went on to say, “In the first half we created three chances and Chelsea zero.” This is the mark of a sore loser. Either that, or he forgot the brilliant first-half link-up between Cesc Fabregas and Oscar, resulting in a beautifully timed pass to Eden Hazard to nutmeg David De Gea for what turned out to be Chelsea’s match winner.

According to the Daily Mail, Jose Mourinho went on to say about United taking the bulk of possession, “They could have had 99.” “When you decide to play the game strategically, you don’t care about stats, you just care about the points.” This quote from the Special One is dead on. Use the tactics that suit your starting 11, play to their strengths, and win the match.

Chelsea may not have a “beautiful” style of football to match the tiki-taka of Bayern Munich, or the likes of a Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, and James Rodriguez attack, but they are in the thick of the Champions League most seasons as well as every other competition they play. It seems almost pathetic when the team’s on the wrong end of the score-line against Chelsea look to disparage Mourinho’s tactics at every turn.

If Arsene Wenger, Louis Van Gaal, among others, have such an issue with a counter-attacking style of football, perhaps they should learn to pick it apart, and defeat the tactics that will make Chelsea Champions of England, rather than complain in post-match pressers. I do have to recognize Van Gaal for this comment in his press conference, “We were the dominant team on the pitch, but we lost. In football, the result is everything.”

The result truly is all that matters. Chelsea took 3 points, and have one hand on the Premier League trophy which is surely to be brandished with blue ribbons at the close of the season.