Chelsea defender: We must turn our season around starting with victory over Arsenal

Cesar Azpilicueta is surprised by Chelsea's poor start to the season

CESAR AZPILICUETA admits his Chelsea side are 'as surprised as anyone' over their poor start to the season.

 

Chelsea have won just one game in their opening five Premier League fixtures which sees them an unlikely 17th in the table.

Jose Mourinho's side take on Arsenal tomorrow (12.45pm) at Stamford Bridge hoping to build on their 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League in midweek.

 

And defender Azpilicueta insists a victory over the Gunners tomorrow is a must win.

"We want to change things as quickly as possible and it is true that we haven not had the start that everyone expected," he told The Guardian. "None of us are happy with the situation but we know that we can put it right.

 

"We are as surprised as anyone, but we are convinced that with the work we are doing we will turn things around. We all know we need to improve, to get back to last season's Chelsea and there is belief that we can do that.

"I had forgotten that [winning] feeling. I can imagine what it would have been like going into training the next day if we had lost [against Maccabi]. We have had a bad start and we have a tough job ahead to turn things around but it is in our hands."