Chelsea picked our second win in 2023 after beating Leeds United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Following the victory over Leeds United, Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek leapt to the defence of “fantastic” Chelsea boss Graham Potter.

Loftus-Cheek said: “We definitely owe it to the manager. He is obviously a fantastic manager, no can argue against that after what he has done with Brighton and other things.

“It is up to us as well. We have massive respect for the manager, the way he has been sitting in front of the media with us in this poor form. And he has stuck up for us players.

“So we owe it to the manager to perform as best as we can on the pitch and turn things around.

“It is obviously not nice to hear all the criticism coming our way at Chelsea to the manager, to the players. We had the poor run, so of course you are going to get that especially at Chelsea.

“A team like Chelsea, we can’t accept mediocrity. We understand we have been mediocre in this recent run, and we are not just accepting it.

“It might look like that from the outside, but that is not the case. We are hurting from the losses and the draws, because it is not in us as Chelsea players and we are fighting our hardest to turn it around.”