0 Chelsea FC sacked Roberto Di Matteo following poor performance in UEFA champions league and premier league after 262 days.

Roberto Di Matteo had a strange line-up for do and die champions league tie against Juventus. Following 3-0 lost he definitely new it is just a matter of time before he park his bags.

The former Chelsea midfielder took over Chelsea following AVB sack and was followed by astonishing results which saw Chelsea go all the way to win the Champions League and then FA cup title. Despite Chelsea recent attractive football they have drop back in premier league title race and the worst is losing the prospect of qualification to the last 16 in UEFA champions’ league. Chelsea will be the first Champions league holder to go out at group stage. 

Who will be next Chelsea manager?

Since 2000 Chelsea FC had 8 different managers, apart from Guus Hiddink who was offered a short contract all others were sacked before end of their contacts. Roberto Di Mateo has had a longer contract than Villas-Boas, Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Chelsea managers since 2000 and approximated time at Chelsea

No	Manager	Start and end dates	Days
1	Claudio Ranieri	Sep 2000 to May 2004	1338
2	Jose Mourinho	Jun 2004 to Sep 2007	1187
3	Avram Grant	Sep 2007 to May 2008	247
4	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Jul 2008 to Feb 2009	223
5	Guus Hiddink	Feb 2009 to May 2009	89
6	Carlo Ancelotti	Jun 2009 to May 2011	699
7	Andre Villas-Boas	Jun 2011 to Mar 2012	256
8	Roberto Di Matteo	Mar 2012 to Nov 2012	262

2 Capital one league: Chelsea FC beats Manchester United in 5-4 classical drama as Chelsea trio shine. (All Goals Video)

Even one minute matters a lot, Manchester United was leading 3-2 at 93th minutes but Chelsea leveled the score (3-3) and grabbed 5-4 victory at extra time. In Capital one Reading vs Arsenal match Reading was 4-3 at 95^th minutes but Arsenal equalized and went on to win 7-5 during extra time. Chelsea and Arsenal are through to capital one league quarterfinals.

Both teams started with weak first XI squads, but after trailed 2-1 Di Matteo decided to start sending in his first team talented players; Ramires santos do nascimento (46), Eden Hazard (55) and Oscar dos santos emboaba (71). With all Chelsea Brazilians trio in the squad, all four talented midfielders, and also Daniel Sturridge and Victor Mosses who adapted well to the game style it was just a matter of time to launch comeback.

Daniel Sturridge Celebration when he score 4th Chelsea goal

Chelsea had strong squad and rated the game as important as any big game, no one could blame Scott Wootton, Michael Keane and other United’s youngster. Sir Alex Fergusson felt Nani should keep the ball and see the game through at the end of 90 minute. United rested their talented player for Arsenal Premier League game whereas Chelsea will face Swansea City relative easy match.
 

After Chelsea vs Manchester United 2-3 controversial results in Premier League encounter last Sunday, the blue got their revenge. Last Sunday cracker witnessed suspected Javier Hernandez’s goal to be offside, two red cards for Fenarndo Torres and Ivanovic. Post match was dominated by Chelsea claims that Mark Clattenburg of using "inappropriate language"  

Chelsea vs Manchester United all goals summary  
Manchester United 0-1 Ryan Giggs goal  22′
Chelsea FC 1-1 David Luiz (PEN) 31′
Manchester United 1-2 Chicharito 43′ 
Chelsea FC 2-2 Cahill 52′Manchester United 2-3 
Nani 59′Chelsea FC 3-3 Hazard (PEN)90+4′ 
Chelsea FC 4-3 Sturridge 97′ 
Chelsea FC 5-3 Ramires 116′
Manchester United 5-4 Giggs (PEN) 120′   

Chelsea FC vs Manchester United highlights (All Goals Video)

  
8 teams to the last 8 Capital One Cup quarter-final draw:
Leeds v Chelsea
Swansea v Middlesbrough
Norwich v Aston Villa
Bradford v Arsenal

1 Top 5 scorers in Premier league, La Liga, League one, Bundesliga and Serie A in battle for European leagues golden boot on 30 Oct 2012

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Top scorers in European leagues are in tough battle for golden boots aside playing for club targets. Here are top scorers tables for five biggest European leagues Barclays Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, France League one and German Bundesliga.

Previous season Lionel Messi won pichichi, the golden boot award at La liga scoring 50 goal for Barcelona FC and Also overall top scorer in Europe. Former Arsenal striker, Robin Van Persie top EPL goal scorers table netting 30 goals while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar netted 29 for Schalke 04 beating Mario Gomez on last games. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored 28 with AC Milan and Olivier Giroud bagged 21 for Montpellier before his move Arsenal.

Following top scorers' transfer between league, new top scorer name is expected for Serie A and League one. Last season European  and La liga top scorer, Lionel Messi has already made a bold statement of intention to fight for the two awards. Similarly Baclays premier league Robin Van Persie and last season Seria A top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic already leading in their leagues.

Barclays Premier league top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	7
2	Robin Van Persie	Manchester United	7 (1)
3	Luis Suárez	Liverpool FC	6
4	Miguel Cuesta	Swansea City	6
5	Edin Džeko	Manchester City	5

Robin Van Persie did not need time to adapt in his new team and fit in the squad right away. One can not bet against him not to finish high in the table if he avoid injuries. So far no other consistent goal scoring in EPL table. Recently Manchester United have been struggling both at Premier league and Champions league, Van Persie could score even more if United regain their pace. Demba Ba seem to have lost something after Demba Cisse arrival but this season he is back on his form again. As usually, Fernando Torres not in the top 5 list, but has 4 goals which is not very bad as most would think.

Premier league top assists
Eden Hazard Chelsea 5
Juan Mata Chelsea 5

Spanish La Liga top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	13 (1)
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	11 (4)
3	Radamel Falcao	Atletico Madrid	10 (4)
4	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	6
5	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla FC	6 (1)

The battle is even tougher at La Liga with two top scorer Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. For Lionel Messi, One would think he is always focusing on breaking soccer records. Last season, Lionel Messi he breaks several record, but one outstanding record was 72 goals record in one season. He went on top became Barcelona's all time leading goals scorer. This season he has started very well and already on 13 goals. His biggest rival Cristiano had fantastic goal scoring  record for Real Madrid last season and he might has push Messi to keep on scoring. He is very close as usually and this table could change overnight. Radamel Falcao is a threat for any striker fighting for pichichi, with few opportunities he still managed to stay close to Messi and Ronaldo. Recently he has been branded as the best world number 9. La Liga strikers have dominated European top goals scorers awards in the past ten years. They won 5 time in ten year, four consecutive in last 4 years. 

La Liga top assists
Cesc Fábregas Barcelona 7
Beñat Real Betis 4
Lionel Messi Barcelona 4

Bundesliga top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Mario Mandžukić	Bayern Munich	8
2	Ádám Szalai	FSV Mainz 05	7 (1)
3	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	6
4	Stefan Kießling	Bayer Leverkusen	5 (1)
5	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	5

Bundesliga believed to be one of the toughest league in Europe and being a top scorer one need to be a really good striker. It is also a matter of being able to convert scarce chances which occur. Mario Gomez and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar showed what is takes to score many goals. Mario Mandzukic is yet to take Gomez responsibility he seems not to be sharp and he missed many clear chance. All in all Bundesliga strikers are not scoring many goals, last time Bundesliga striker won European golden boot was in 1971 -1972 season and this time was really a top scorer, Gerd Muller.

Bundesliga top assists
Szabolcs Huszti Hannover 96 7
Bastian Oczipka Eintracht Frankfurt 5
Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 5

Italy Serie A top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Edinson Cavani	SSC Napoli	6 (2)
2	Miroslav Klose	Lazio Roma	6 (0)
3	Stephan El Sharawy	AC Milan	6 (0)
4	Alberto Gilardino	Bologna FC	5 (0)
5	Antonio Cassano	Inter Milan	5 (0

SerieA is know for defense minded game which make it hard for striker just like Bundesliga. It is the same style which also displayed by national teams. In this table there are top striker but can they be consistent throughout the season? Klose is a natural goal getter but not he might have started to slow his pace.

League 1 top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	10 (1)
2	Wissam Ben Yedder	Toulouse FC	7
	Pierre Aubameyang	AS Saint-Étienne	6
4	Andre-Pierre Gignac	Olympique Marseille	5
5	Anthony Le Tallec	Valenciennes FC	5

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been scoring goals for PSG right from day one, his ffirst goal in three minutes. He is surrounded by top players who could create chances for him combined with his ability he is ready to go for league one golden boot. Can he win European golden boot? Very possible especially with chance of Carlo Ancelotti signing top other players in January transfer window.

League one top asssits
Gaël Danic Valenciennes 5
Alain Traoré Lorient 4
Antoine Devaux Stade de Reims 4
Etienne Didot    Toulouse 4