Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas on Monday rejected reports that he ordered his players to include him in goal celebrations.
Reports had suggested Villas-Boas had informed his players to celebrate any goals with him and his staff on the touchline to illustrate the unity in the squad.
But following Chelsea's 2-1 win over English Premier League leader Manchester City, the Portuguese denied the rumors.
"It's a false story, I never said anything like that. I think it's ridiculous," Villas-Boas told Sky Sports. "The Sun in two weeks has been spot-on with two false stories. I already said that if they paid the informant, they should get their money back.
"I told players that when we score a goal the bench lives through the same emotions and we celebrate with them, with the same desire ... that is what I said in that conversation that we had, so it's an unfortunate story.
"It's a pity because I would never ... be an individual person to say something so extraordinary as that one."
Frank Lampard's late penalty earned Chelsea the victory at Stamford Bridge, ending City's unbeaten start to the season.
City got off to a dream start when Mario Balotelli fired the visitors in front after two minutes on the back of superb approach play by strike partner Sergio Aguero.
Raul Meireles drew Chelsea level on 34 minutes when he converted Daniel Sturridge's cross from close-range after a fine run and cross.
City were reduced to 10 men just before the hour mark when Gael Clichy was dismissed for a second bookable offense for a late challenge on Ramires.
Lampard came off the bench to grab the winner seven minutes from time when he blasted home from the penalty spot after Joleon Lescott was adjudged to have handled Sturridge's shot.
The result capped a week to remember for Chelsea -- which beat Valencia on Tuesday to seal its place in the Champions League last 16 -- while it sealed a week to forget for City, who crashed out of the same competition on Wednesday.
"We needed to close the gap, we don't take any extra flavour from being the first team to beat them, that is irrelevant," Villas-Boas said. "We needed to win to get our Premier League challenge back on track and I think it is alive now.
"We had to keep calm and keep our patience, and the players did it brilliantly. They were very patient to get the goal to earn us the win. They deserve this win."
