Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata says he and his team-mates are fully behind new manager Rafael Benitez as he attempts to turn things around at Stamford Bridge.
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Mata also insists Chelsea's players had not been cowed by the jeers and abuse that have dogged Benitez's short reign.
"I'm not deaf, so we were aware," he said of the fan backlash.
"The supporters are free to do whatever they want. My job, our job, is to play well and to win. That's all I care about."
The 24-year-old added: "I always try to be focused on what I'm doing, nothing else.
"If we want to win, if we want to lift trophies this season, we have to be all together, fight as a unit in the team."
Mata also declared there was no point Chelsea's players bemoaning owner Roman Abramovich's hiring-and-firing policy, which sees the Spain midfielder serving under his third manager in nine months.
"The players have to be professional and work no matter who the manager is of the team," he said.
"We have an owner. We have people who are working, trying to do their best for this club and, as a player, I just have to work with the manager we have now.
"Now it's Rafa."
