(CNN) -- Perhaps somebody forgot to tell Rafael Benitez that the Oscars were last week. 

It doesn't matter. Benitez's extraordinary post-match performance Wednesday managed to combine the good, the bad and the ugly as the Chelsea manager launched a scathing attack on his employers and club's supporters before revealing he will quit at the end of this season. 

Here was Benitez, the victim. Here was the man in the middle of one of football's most high-pressure jobs being circled by an army of critics. 

Perhaps the adrenaline kicked in. Perhaps he had just had enough. It was fight or flight. 

Now he will await his fate, with the English club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich -- who has employed nine managers in 10 years -- expected to take note. 

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Since Benitez walked into Stamford Bridge last November, the former Liverpool boss has been a sitting duck. 

Protests, placards, songs about former managers from the stands -- even the most genial of men would have found their patience challenged. 

Replacing a Chelsea favorite and Champions League-winning manager in Roberto Di Matteo was never going to be easy, but for Benitez, it has been a losing battle. 

Out of the Champions League, beaten in the country's third cup competition by Swansea and 19 points off the league leader, Chelsea's season is in danger of collapsing. 

Contrast that with the fact that the Blues were third and four points behind then leader Manchester City when Di Matteo was given his marching orders. 
Do they do anything during the games?
Protests, placards, songs about former managers from the stands