Avram Grant wasn't surprised to see Andre Villas-Boas sacked by Chelsea.

The Partizan Belgrade coach was sacked by owner Roman Abramovich despite coming within a whisker of Champions League success.

"I don't know what happened at Chelsea from the inside but some managers before have been sacked at Chelsea and it's all about results," Grant told Sky Sports News.

"In this case, without knowing what's happened inside, the results were not so good and the football was not so good. I always like more patience but we expect this, no?

"You need to bring results and good football, this is the target of Chelsea. The owner has made this clear and he has put a lot of money in to do things in the right way.

"This is the name of the game. It's a club that's spent a lot of money to achieve the best so every time you are losing games there are some problems about this.

"I think in this case he was lacking a little bit of experience but I'm sure he'll succeed at the end of the day because he knows football."