I'll defend my style to the death says AVB

Andre Villas-Boas has vowed to stick to his attacking principles "to the death", despite Chelsea's latest winter wobble.

The Blues' manager said he had received "supportive" messages from owner Roman Abramovich in the wake of a run of just one win in four games, including back-to-back Premier League defeats by QPR and Arsenal.

And while Villas-Boas concedes his position will be under threat unless he can turn the club's fortunes around quickly, the Portuguese insisted he's had the green light from Abramovich to keep doing things his way.

"I have had conversations with the owner and they have been supportive," said AVB.

"Our responsibilities are to win every game. When things don't go our way, we can't be happy with what's passing.

"But this week that we have gone through, and the results we have been getting, haven't collided with our confidence.

"There's a good spirit in the group. There's a negative momentum we are passing by, and if we can do it sooner it will be better for us.

"The owner is happy with our attacking philosophy, but we won't avoid our responsibilities to win titles.

"We will defend this philosophy to death, but what is expected of us is to win titles."

Villas-Boas, who confirmed John Terry will again captain the team at Blackburn on Saturday , despite the ongoing furore surrounding the England skipper, added that the memories of last term's disastrous winter spell under Carlo Ancelotti - in which Chelsea dropped 23 points in 11 games - was the spur to prevent a recurrence.

"We want wins as soon as possible," he said. "We went through a bad period and bad momentum last year and we want to avoid that again.

"The memory of that is bad enough to want us not to repeat it. But we're not questioning our quality or our talent.

"When you go into momentum like this, you have to search for the essence of what has been happening to us.

"We have been close to all the games we have been drawing or losing. You cannot change luck, so you dedicate yourself to the organisation with your technical staff.

"We do that now."

Villas-Boas' attacking vows come despite defensive problems that have seen Chelsea record just four clean sheets from their 16 matches under him in all competitions - including becoming the first Champions League team to have their goal breached by Belgian minnows Genk.

The performances of right-back Jose Bosingwa and centre-back David Luiz have attracted criticism but after backing the former in Genk, Villas-Boas also came to the aid of the £21million Brazilian.

"I don't believe the assessment that Luiz is not a natural centre-half," he added. "Brazil have the most world titles, so when a player plays for the side in the world with the most titles, that says it all.

"There is always room for improvement. There must be.

"We are not satisfied with the way we are conceding goals, but we are looking to score more goals than our opponents.

"We conceded two goals last Saturday, the first when a player slipped when passes were made in behind, and then when we were trying to get a draw at 4-3 down.

"Our defensive organisation is solid, is competent, and we have complete trust in it."

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