Terry praises Scolari despite flak

Despite an indifferent start to life at Chelsea for Luiz Felipe Scolari, captain John Terry believes Scolari has a lot to be praised for - particularly his man management skills.

Terry was quick to defend Scolari despite the club slumping to defeat against Arsenal and Chelsea.

Terry quipped: “Scolari's been a great signing and brought in a lot of new ideas. Tactically he's very good. We're doing a lot more tactical work, which has helped us a lot at certain times in games. He's a great man, too. He gets on well with everyone.

“Away from the training pitch he's like one of our friends, but on the training pitch he's got the complete respect of the whole squad.”