John Terry: The Chelsea players owed the fans a big performance against Manchester United

Draw: Chelsea have not lost a game since Guus Hiddink took charge of the club
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Vaishali Bhardwaj29 December 2015

John Terry has admitted he hopes Chelsea supporters can see the desire the players have to turn their season around following their goalless draw against Manchester United.

The champions travelled to take on Louis van Gaal's side at Old Trafford on Monday night with Chelsea hovering just above the relegation zone before the match following their worst start to a campaign since the 1978-79 season.

Guus Hiddink's men managed to walk away from the Premier League clash with a point after an improved showing, and Terry has thanked the Chelsea fans for sticking by the team despite their poor defence of their title this term.

Speaking after the goalless draw with United, the Blues captain told Chelsea TV: "I think the desire and the effort was spot on. The work-rate was different class throughout the whole starting XI. But more importantly I just want to say thank you to the fans.

"I think we owed them that performance and I think they can slowly see the tide turning and us putting in performances and getting results.

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"The desire in the group is there for everyone to see the last few games. For whatever reason we weren't winning games from the start and we are where we are and we have to build upon that and we have to change things around very quickly because, looking at the league table, it's horrible.

"With a quick succession of wins we can climb the table quickly."

The current campaign has seen Leicester City surprise the normal title contenders as the Foxes currently sit in second place in the standings - just one point behind Arsenal with a game against Manchester City on Tuesday night to come.

Terry admits the normal order of things in the English top flight has been "bizarre" this term, but called on his Chelsea teammates to work hard to get the club back to being in contention for the Premier League title in the coming seasons.

"I think it has been bizarre," Terry added. "Being amongst it has been really difficult and that is credit to teams you wouldn't expect to win games throughout the year improving their squads and improving individuals.

"It's now down to us as a group and a club to step up and go again to that next level where we want to be.

"This year it's probably too far to go, but the season after that and long when I have gone we have set the levels and we need to keep that year after year."

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