Chelsea have condemned the chanting of their own fans about Anton Ferdinand which marred Tuesday's 1-1 Champions League draw at Genk.
The Blues supporters repeatedly chanted about QPR defender Ferdinand in response to the John Terry racism inquiry during the Group E game at the Cristal Arena.
The chants came shortly after the Metropolitan Police launched a formal investigation into allegations Terry racially abused Ferdinand during the west London derby nine days earlier, something denied by the Chelsea captain.
A club spokesman said in a statement: "The chanting was wholly inappropriate and we don't condone it."
Manager Andre Villas-Boas insisted he had not heard the chanting, which was at its loudest shortly before and shortly after half-time.
He added: "I was concentrating on the game."
Terry did not feature on Tuesday night as Villas-Boas opted to rest his skipper and recall David Luiz at centre-half.
After Ramires opened the scoring, Luiz strangely took on penalty duties and duly saw his spot-kick saved by Laszlo Koteles.
Villas-Boas insisted Luiz had not broken ranks.
He said: "They decide out on the pitch and today it went with David, but the goalkeeper made the save."
Villas-Boas also defended right-back Jose Bosingwa, who had another nightmare after his error-strewn display in Saturday's 5-3 Premier League defeat to Arsenal.
He said: "I would never discuss any particular player in public, but I have faith in all of my squad.
"That's the squad that we have for the season, and hopefully it's the squad that will take us to titles.
"The team suffers when we make a mistake, not individuals."
Genk boss Mario Been was delighted with his side's fightback, especially after their 5-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge two weeks earlier.
"I'm very pleased with the result," said Been after watching Jelle Vossen score the Belgians' first goal of the competition.
"We saw also the game in London - this was completely different.
"We started very well. Then, when we lost the ball, it was right away 1-0.
"At that moment, the goalkeeper kept us in the game by stopping the penalty.
"But, in the second half, we kept on believing in our chances and we created some chances. We played even better than Chelsea in the second half.
"The goal was really good, so we can be very pleased to take a point against a big club like Chelsea. You can imagine how happy we are."
He added: "I know how they talked about us in England. Maybe we'll buy the papers tomorrow and see if they talk about us a little bit better."
(source : football.365.com)
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