Jose Mourinho insists there are no problems in the Chelsea dressing room

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Chelsea face crunch Premier League clash against Arsenal on Saturday
Jose Mourinho says there are no issues between himself and John Terry
Terry dropped to the bench for Chelsea's 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv
Mourinho's side have earned just four points from opening five games

Published: 07:11 EST, 18 September 2015 | Updated: 19:55 EST, 18 September 2015

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Jose Mourinho insists there is no friction between him and John Terry but made no promises about the captain's return to the team.

Terry was one of the big-names dropped to the bench for Wednesday's Champions League game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, along with Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic and Branislav Ivanovic.

He is expected to return against Arsenal on Saturday.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists there is no friction between him and John Terry

The Portuguese boss looks on as his Chelsea side are put through their paces on Friday

Chelsea captain John Terry was named as a substitute for the European clash earlier this wee

Terry (centre) keeps his eyes on the ball as he looks to make his mark during training

But Mourinho said: 'We have to look like this: last season he played every minute but two seasons ago he didn't and three seasons ago even less. So what's the problem?

'He is a player who has my total confidence. I trust him always. He's one of my men. Because he's on the bench for one game or I take him off at half-time, what's the difference?'

'Will he start? I don't know. He was on the bench. And he is one of the good faces. The victory against Maccabi influenced the whole group, and he is one of the faces I liked more yesterday and today than before.'

Mourinho rejected comments from Steven Gerrard who claimed there was 'friction' between the Chelsea manager and his skipper.

'He said something that's not true,' he said. 'I don't have a problem with one of my players. You can try to find any answers for the bad results but bad relations between myself and one player or between the players? Go for another answer.

Diego Costa scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea in the 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv

Oscar celebrates with Costa after the Brazil-born striker fired in Chelsea's third against Maccabi

Costa will be looking to add to his midweek goal with a good performance against Arsenal

Oscar, who started against Maccabi Tel Aviv, is a slight injury concern ahead of Saturday's match

Nemanja Matic (right) was one of several big-names left out by Mourinho earlier this week

Terry sits alongside Chelsea striker Costa on Wednesday night before the Spain striker was introduced

BT sport pundit Steven Gerrard (centre) suggested there may be friction between Terry and Mourinho

'Go for my bad options, bad changes, go for the bad weather. Go for what you want.

'When bad things in football happen the first thing is to find a dramatic story. Somebody punched someone, Diego Costa fought with John Terry and they brought a translator, because Diego doesn't speak English and John doesn't speak Spanish. They organise like the Wild West duels with a translator!

'The direction you don't go in is the direction that's real. You lose confidence, you fear the ball; you fear the worst. The good thing against Maccabi is that we wanted a good start and we did that. We missed a penalty and that moment was good because it was a fantastic reaction.'

'You need confidence to be better. In football when you lose matches you are affected. You can say you're not but you are.