Victor Moses insists Chelsea’s players have not been affected by criticism this season — even though he thinks some of it has been too harsh.
The Premier League champions have made a mixed start to the defence of their title and are nine points behind leaders Manchester City.
They have also put in contrasting performances in Europe, coming from behind to win 2-1 away to Atletico Madrid but were deservedly beaten 3-0 by Roma in their last Champions League game.
Moses says the spirit in the squad has not been damaged and the wing back told Goal: “I think we have done well. We as a team, whatever happens, we stick together and do the best we can. I think people have been a bit too harsh but we don’t need to think about that or concentrate on what people have been saying.
“These criticisms are the kinds of things that makes a player stronger. We know we just need to believe in ourselves and prove them wrong then win as many games as we can. We are 100 per cent together. We are like brothers here.
“Even after losing to Roma, we believe in ourselves collectively and individually. We just take each game as it comes.
“We beat Manchester United in our last match and now everyone is saying we’re the best. Football is like this."
He added: "Why can’t we compete with City, United or any other club? Our players are good enough to compete with anyone. We have a lot of games to go so you can’t tell who’s going to win the league.
"We are nine points from Man City but we believe in ourselves and we believe that something can happen further down the line and that we will find ourselves back at the top.
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"We still believe in ourselves and in the manager we have got so we will keep working hard and see where it takes us."
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