Cesc Fabregas calls on Chelsea stars to improve

Owner Roman Abramovich has never been backwards in coming forwards when it comes to changing his manager – including bringing an end to Mourinho’s first successful spell at Chelsea.

Chelsea’s 2-1 loss on Monday night to Leicester City has Blues manager Jose Mourinho questioning his team’s commitment to his training methods.

“I don’t think about anything apart from wanting to beat Sunderland (on Saturday), play my best and that’s it”, added Fabregas.

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas feels all the big players at the club need to up their game in order to drag the London side out of their current slump.

“I have no doubts and I think you know me well enough, three years this time, plus three years another time, that I am not afraid of a big challenge, and in this moment this is a real big challenge”. They have to look to Sunderland and Watford and say: ‘We are at the same level.

Mourinho, who received the public backing of the board earlier this season, signed a new four-year deal in the summer after winning the title and is now the highest-paid manager in the Premier League with an annual salary estimated at anywhere between £8m and £13m. “I accept we are around the relegation zone, I don’t accept we are in a relegation battle”. Its most likely source of a goal was from a set piece and the 30th-minute withdrawal of Eden Hazard, who hurt his hip after being shoved to the ground by Vardy, robbed the champions of their most creative player. “But I think it is time for the players to be professional about it. Where is your pride?”

“We have to be humble”.

“Whatever he said it really went to waste, because after that, 2-0, with the confidence they’re having at the moment it’s always going to be hard even though we had our chances in the last 30 minutes to even equalise”.

“Therefore although Leicester could conceded in some of these these games, the pair should continue to be influential in leading the Foxes” attack at the top of the table. The home side was sharper everywhere, more penetrative going forward and comfortable in defence until Chelsea’s late rally.

“It’s magical”, said Ranieri, who used to coach Chelsea. “They don’t have the money to buy them”. For me they don’t have a price.

Talking to the Midlanders’ official website after the entertaining clash, the former Inter Milan boss almost ran out of positive adjectives to describe his team’s performance; labelling it as “fantastic”, “great” and even “amazing”.

“They work and help each other to do their best, then we know Riyad and Jamie are our credit card”.