Chelsea defender Gary Cahill said that he is not paying any attention to the critics as he looks to eliminate basic errors in his game.

The English defender has been heavily criticized in the aftermath of Chelsea’s losses to Liverpool and Arsenal in the recent weeks.

“I don’t care what anybody says, I don’t listen to anybody,” Cahill said when asked about the criticism on BBC Radio 5live. “The only people I have to prove myself to is the manager of the football club that I’m playing at and my team-mates that I’m playing with.

“For me, my form up to Swansea [last month’s 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium] was fine. I was playing well, I was happy. But then I made a few big errors and we all know that when you make a few errors in football, basic ones as well, it gets noticed. I’m not stupid.

“If you make a couple of mistakes in a couple of big games, then all of a sudden the whole season is tarnished like you’re having a bit of a nightmare. Yet it’s not like you can turn around and say ‘he’s lost his legs or is being beaten all ends up.’

“I basically made my own mistakes out of nothing, so as ridiculously bad as they were, they are also easy to correct.”