Dutchman Gullit sacked by Terek Grozny

(CNN) -- Ruud Gullit has been sacked as coach of struggling Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny, after the Dutch legend lost a match he was ordered to win by the club's president.

Prior to Tuesday's showdown with fellow-strugglers Amkar Prem, Gullit was told by Ramzan Kadyrov that he would be dismissed if the team were beaten again.

And the Chechen outfit went on to lose the match 1-0 prompting Kadyrov to tell the Interfax news agency: "Gullit will no longer train the team.

Kadyrov, who had earlier implied that Gullit had spent too much time drinking in bars, instead of coaching the players, added: "Unfortunately, he was unable to prove his mettle as a trainer.

"Under his leadership, the team played exceptionally poorly this season."

The decision came as no real surprise after Chechen leader Kadyrov had posted an extraordinary statement on the government's official website, saying: "Gullit has to know he was not invited so that he could go hiding in nightclubs and discos, but to work at a football club."

Sovietsky Sport daily said Gullit was "shocked" by Kadyrov's comments and had promised do his best to win Tuesday's match.

However, a last minute own goal saw the club slump to defeat and speaking to a reporter after the match, 48-year-old Gullit said: "I don't think it would have mattered it I had won or lost."

The result means Terek are now deep in relegation trouble, lying 14th in the 16-team division with just three wins from their 13 matches -- scoring only nine goals in the process.