An English manager would use 'time' or 'spell', but never 'moment'. Mark Hughes would say "We are going through a bad spell" or "We are having a rough time".
However, 'spell' and 'time' are more difficult to use because the English learner Ancelotti has to know the phrases to go with them. You can see why 'in a good moment' seems to offer a solution in the rush of an interview just after a match.
But wouldn't you think that one of the manager's English aides would have mentioned that the phrase 'at the moment' is what his boss needs to learn? Preceded by "We are not playing well ....."
Mind you, I wouldn't mind hearing that Chelsea are going to get better 'in a moment'.
Ancellotti has just lost the English aide who might have helped with the right phrases. But the 'moment' for this has gone. His assistant, Ray Wilkins, was unexpectedly sacked at half time during a Chelsea Reserves match around the time I wrote the blog above.
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