Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has rubbished claims of a rift between the players and manager Jose Mourinho.

Zouma won't have a bad word said against Mourinho.

He told Le Parisien: "He never turns on us. It would serve no purpose, we are already in a hole. And he's incredibly smart, he knows everything.

"I've never seen him make mistakes in the composition of the opposing team, I do not know how he does it. Each goal we concede he had shown us before on video.

"Then he says: I warned you guys ... He leaves nothing to chance, he really is the best."