Chelsea midfielder Ramires insists he and his teammates still have complete trust in Jose Mourinho following the club's poor start to the season.
Mourinho has come in for much criticism of late with his side sitting 16th in the Premier League table, having recorded just two victories from eight games so far this term.
The Portuguese, who has received backing from Chelsea, said earlier this week he would resign if he lost his players' confidence, but Ramires, 28, says the squad are still fully behind their manager.
"We've not lost a bit of trust in Jose, everyone trusts him. We think he is the best manager for us," Ramires is quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror. "Obviously when things don't go the way that everyone expects a lot of questions are asked. But we still trust him.
"I understand perfectly where he is coming from with what he said regarding if he didn't have the confidence of the players he would step aside. But that's not the case at all. We are all together."
Ramires -- who, according to sources, is in advanced talks with Chelsea over a new deal -- believes the players need to take some of the blame for results this season, but he is confident the club can recover from their bad start and work their way up the table.
"Maybe it's a shared guilt because when things don't go the way that everyone expects people look at the players and the manager," he said. "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.
"I think it's 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. Maybe some players are not doing what he expects them to do so that'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. So we all need to calm down and we can get out of this.
"Obviously when you lose a few games in a row the confidence level goes a bit low. We've not had the chance to win a few games in a row and get back that confidence. As far as the mood is concerned, it is fine.
"We are training and working hard. We are doing the best we can to get out of this situation that we have put ourselves in. We have not produced good performances but we are working on it."