Chelsea captain Gary Cahill: 'The mood was down during winless run'

Gary Cahill: 'The mood was down'
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Chelsea captain Gary Cahill admits that the mood was low during the team's winless run.

Chelsea captain Gary Cahill has given an insight into the players' mentality during the team's recent winless run.

The Blues failed to come out on top in three consecutive fixtures, but they managed to get back to winning ways in a 4-2 triumph over Watford on Saturday.

Antonio Conte's side are now staring at four games in 10 days, with Premier League matches against Bournemouth and Manchester United coming up, as well as an EFL tie against Everton and a Champions League trip to Roma.

Reports have emerged claiming that some players are unhappy with the manager's training methods, but Cahill has claimed that it is normal for any squad to feel low when results are not going their way.

"It's easy to play football when everything's going well and you're winning games back to back, it's the best feeling ever, you go out and express yourself and feel as though you're not going to make any mistakes," the defender told Chelsea's official website. "The hardest thing is when things aren't going so well and you have to dig in and get results, and Saturday was one of those.

"When you're in a difficult moment the mood is going to be slightly down because everyone's disappointed, they want to win. But that's not just the case here, or with this team, I would guess it's the same at every other big club.

"I spoke in my programme notes about getting the consistency. If we get some games won back to back, all of a sudden it lifts, but we went into the Watford game off the back of two defeats and you kind of feel the weight. It's all about character and we showed that.

"Now we move onto the next one and try to build a bit of momentum that way. All of a sudden, when you get a few back-to-back wins you'll see how everything lifts and we'll get back to expressing ourselves as we normally do."

Chelsea are currently fourth in the league table, nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City.

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