Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has blamed the poor attitudes of some of his players for the woeful start to the season.

The Blues current total of eight points from seven games is their worst start to a Premier League season in Roman Abramovich's era which has left a sour taste in the mouth of their manager.

Mourinho said: "We have no problems physically. Clearly it's an attitude perspective of some individuals.

"And when you have individuals with that unstable attitude in terms of motivation, desire and commitment you will pay.

"I just try to be honest. I'm honest with the ones I'm happy with, and honest with the ones I'm not happy with.

"Even the ones I'm not happy with I have to be honest with them and try to make them perform again in a continuous way.

"At the moment what is happening with us is not that we're not performing. But we're not performing in a continuous way, that's our problem.

"For example in our biggest defeat, 3-0 against Manchester City, the first-half was very, very bad, but in the second-half we were the best team and put them in really big trouble.

"They were defending the 1-0 with defenders in midfield so the 3-0 was completely out of context."