Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas has been fined £12,000 after being deemed guilty of improper conduct.

The Portuguese coach was fuming with referee Chris Foy after his side's 1-0 defeat to QPR at Loftus Road back in October, in which the home side were awarded a penalty and Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba were both sent off.

Villa Boas stated that the official's performance in the game was "very, very poor" and queried Foy's decision making process.

After investigation from the governing body, the Stamford Bridge trainer was found guilty of the charges.

"Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has today been fined £12,000 by the FA and warned as to his future conduct after being charged in respect of media comments which were found by an Independent Regulatory Commission to have constituted improper conduct," an official FA statement reads.

"The comments were made after Chelsea's away fixture at Queens Park Rangers on 23 October 2011. Villas-Boas had denied the charge and requested a non-personal hearing," it concludes.

Villas Boas currently finds himself under pressure in the Blues' hotseat, as his team have lost their last three league games and are currently 12 points behind leaders Manchester City.

Due to the sizeable gap and the weight of expectation at Stamford Bridge, calls have started for the manager's head, something that he has been expecting.

"When results like this happen, the head of the manager is called for execution. I'm not worried by the comments. I want to get my team back to winning ways, and we'll try and do that against Leverkusen," he told Sky Sports.

By Gareth McKnight

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