Chelsea Captain John Terry admits manager Andre Villas-Boas has told the players a few home truths in preseason.

Terry concedes that there have been times at Chelsea when the players have all needed a kick up the backside - to be reminded about the importance of winning.

"At times you go through the season when you're playing well and you're winning and you half take it for granted," he said.

"It is why you get the blips at the Wolves and the Stokes last year, where we slipped up. Andre just reminded us about last pre-season and how we hardly won a game.

"From day one, the very first thing he spoke about was that.

"And our mentality in our first game against Wycombe at the training ground was to win.

"You realise that not winning can have a knock-on effect. You go home to your family and take it out on them and your friends so all I want to do is to win.

"I want to be first at everything I do and we should all have the same mentality."