Fabregas: Chelsea aren't a bunch of babies

Cesc Fabregas claims Chelsea players aren't "babies" following a poor start to the season and he does not think some silverware is now out of reach.

The Blues have won just two of their first seven Premier League games of the new campaign in a stark contrast to their rampant form in 2014-15 which saw them storm to the title.

Ahead of Chelsea's visit to Porto on Tuesday in the Champions League, Fabregas stressed that it's more important to finish in fine form and insisted manager Jose Mourinho hasn't allowed them to take their foot off the gas.

"It's not how it starts, it's how it ends," the central midfielder told reporters. "You have to compete to the maximum every single game.

"Last season wasn't easy. It might have looked like it, but it wasn't. This isn't complacency. The manager wouldn't allow it.

"We are not babies. We have to start performing. There's no reason we can't win the league again. We can do better. We will do better. We have to start from now."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic memorably described Chelsea as "babies" last season when the Blues' complaints over a challenge led to the Paris Saint-Germain striker being sent off in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie.

Chelsea won their opening Champions League group stage game 4-0 against Maccabi Tel Aviv a fortnight ago but, following a battling win over Arsenal, drew 2-2 with Newcastle United on Saturday.