Jose Mourinho doesn't leave us in the s***: Kurt Zouma insists Chelsea boss stands up for his players

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Tuesday, 8 December 2015

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Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has hailed manager Jose Mourinho for sticking by his players even while they let themselves down in the worst-ever Barclays Premier League title defence.

Zouma, a Mourinho signing in January 2014, is happy to see the playing staff at Stamford Bridge haven't been left to shoulder the responsibility for a horror start to the season alone.

Chelsea boss Mourinho accepted after Saturday's embarrassing defeat by Bournemouth that: 'The responsibility for the bad moment is my responsibility and the players' responsibility.'

The dethroned champions now face a fight to reach the top four, sitting 14 points behind the Champions League qualifying spots with 15 games of the season played.

But Zouma says Mourinho is making sure there is no man left behind, with every member of the Chelsea dressing room taking an equal measure of the blame for their current mire.

'What's good is that he tells us we're all together,' the French defender said. 'If things are going badly, there's a problem with everyone.He doesn't leave us, how shall we say, in the s***, in the poo. We're always together.

'He's very close to his players, you sense he loves his players. Keeping your confidence is the most important thing — with confidence you can do anything. That's what we tell each other.'

Mourinho's position will come under its strongest scrutiny yet if Chelsea fail to reach the second round of the Champions League this week in a do-or-die showdown with Porto in Group G.