<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Chelsea FC's Brazil star Ramires has defended manager Jose Mourinho for publicly blasting the London side's players for their poor start to the new season.</h3> <h3 style="text-align: justify"></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Chelsea have had a rather poor start to the new season, with the Londoners sitting in the 16th place having collected just 8 points in 8 games.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Mourinho has come out asking his players to assume responsibilities for their own performance, with Branislav Ivanovic, Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic, in particular, coming under heavy criticism.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Mourinho is right in shaming Chelsea players: Ramires</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Ramires has come out and said that the Portuguese is right in publicly criticizing the players.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He was quoted saying by <a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/1862/premier-league/2015/10/09/16149172/ramires-mourinho-right-to-blame-players">Goal.com:</a> a I think it very normal when we are not playing well and we are losing for the manager to take it out on the players. He needs to get a reaction.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Maybe some players are not doing what he expects them to do so thata s why he is on top of us, on top of things, trying to get a reaction because he knows he can get the best out of us.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a So we all need to calm down and we can get out of this."</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Player are right behind Mourinho: Ramires</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">The Portuguese had earlier said that he will leave his position as the manager of the London side if he loses the player's support.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">However, Ramires said that the players were far from losing their trust on the charismatic Portuguese.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Wea ve not lost a bit of trust in Jose," he added. "Everyone trusts him. We think he is the best manager for us.</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">"Obviously when things dona t go the way that everyone expects a lot of questions are asked. But we still trust him.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a I understand perfectly where he is coming from with what he said regarding where, if he didna t have the confidence of the players he would step aside. But thata s not the case at all. We are all together.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Maybe ita s a shared guilt because when things dona t got the way that everyone expects people look at the players and the manager.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"But we are all working together to get out of this situation - we want to be at the top of the table. Not the bottom.a </p> <!--Article End-->