Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic believes that confidence is a very important attribute for the Blues to have at this early moment of the new season.

The Serbian, who has been a key part of Antonio Conte's team so far this term, claims that the West Londoners are once again playing like a team, but can still improve their overall output as the matches progress.

"Everything at the moment is about confidence and the games coming up will show us where we are," he told the club's official website.

"If we want to put this team where it deserves to be, we go day by day and game by game.

"We are playing like a team and we have to be really focused and stay on the ground with both feet.

"There a lot of details that we can improve still and we have to think about that."