Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas: 'It looks bad for us at the moment'

Andre Villas-Boas insists his Chelsea squad must trust him and themselves to get through their current tough patch, which he admits "looks bad" for the club.

Sunday's defeat to Liverpool made it the club's first back-to-back home defeats since Roman Abramovich took ownership of the club in 2003.

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And Villas–Boas will be now feeling extra pressure with former Chelsea caretaker manager and Abramovich’s close friend Guus Hiddink now out of work.

But Villas-Boas believes his team will be able to turn it around and get their season on track and thinks they can do so within the next month, despite admitting that they are struggling.

“It looks bad for us at this moment," he told reporters.

“It has not been the brightest of starts - the worst for quite some time - but we have to have belief and believe in the work to get back to winning ways. The players have immense talent and I believe in them.”

But with a busy few weeks ahead including league games against Wolves, Newcastle, and league leaders Manchester City mixed in with two midweek Champions League games and a Carling Cup match against Liverpool, the next three weeks could be make or break for Villas Boas.

He said: “We have to trust the December fixtures, but above all we have to find the belief again to fight for the title. As difficult as it looks, there are so many points in front of us that we can still fight for it.

“We have to focus on what we are doing. The Premier League has got more difficult, we have to be fair and say that. It’s not impossible but it is more difficult.

“The most important thing is finding winning ways straightaway - if possible against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League [on Wednesday]. That is a massive game.

“Then we have three games in the Premier League where we must try to get nine points. The challenge is to have the belief and strength to fight for those nine points.

“But if we get nine points, it would put us in a different perspective. It is not bright for us but we have to find that belief.”