David Luiz has a message for his critics.

It would be fair to say that David Luiz is one of the most talked about and discussed defenders in the Premier League. More often than not the pundits on TV have had their comments on our Brazilian and have been mostly critical. Luiz has made mistakes at times in games and made a costly error for Napoli's third goal last week but continues to believe in himself and in his work.

Heavily criticised by the written press on numerous occasions Luiz, fresh from scoring Chelsea's opener against Bolton had a message for the same reporters. He said:

"The guys who have never touched a ball can't kill me. This is impossible. Because I know my life when I didn't have anything, I know my life when my family needed me a lot.

I know my life when I left home at 14 years of age and I told them 'I will come back one day and give you a good life.

I play in a big team and when a big team doesn't win for five games or six games, the pressure's so, so big. I believe in my job, I believe in my work every day, I believe in me. I know my football, I know my personality."

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I guess you know what to expect when you come to Chelsea from aboard and you have to be quick to adapt to the culture of our press. You have to be strong willed and to not take too much notice and get on with things.

Saying that, and despite the odd mistake here and there still in his game, I believe he has showed signs over the last few weeks that he is getting much better at the defensive side of his game.

Like I said, there are the odd mistakes made here and there but compared to a year ago much less. He doesn't dive into tackles like he did before or give away silly free kicks as much, he stands up and wins more tackles now than he loses so credit should be given to him for the progress he is making.

It's pleasing to read that one of your players believes in their own ability and has a fantastic work ethic. It's players like David Luiz that will be our future in years to come and given more time as he continues to learn, he will become one of the best there is.

KTBFFH

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