Chelsea face Manchester City on Saturday looking to extend their run to seven games unbeaten under new coach Avram Grant.

Grant has appointed Henk Ten Cate from Ajax to help with the coaching duties alongside Steve Clarke.

Grant wants to change Chelsea into a side full of attacking flair and Ten Cate believes he is the man to deliver the vision after a successful period as assistant coach to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona.

Ten Cate helped Barca to the Champions League crown but warns the Chelsea faithful that a change in style will not necessarily bring success overnight.

good acting

Ten Cate said: "To the crowd, we are like the performers. If you go to the cinema, you want to see good acting.

"So if you go to a football game, you want to see good, attractive football that's fun to watch.

"I think the biggest compliment we got at Barcelona for winning the Champions League was not holding the cup, but that almost everyone knew and spoke about the football Barcelona played.

"That is a goal to achieve but it takes a lot of work - it took us three years and along the line sometimes you lose games. But as long as the people are pleased with your performance, you can lose a game here and there because you are unlucky.

"You should not be afraid of losing. Nobody can guarantee me that if you play defensively you win more games than if you play offensively."

Ten Cate added that it was the right time to move to Chelsea after a period in charge at Ajax.

He added: "They came in for me at the right time for them and it was the right moment for me so hopefully it's going to be a very strong partnership, which will finally end with us winning titles.

knee surgery

Meanwhile Chelsea captain John Terry has set his sights on a quick return to first-team action within a month following his knee surgery last week.

Terry accepted that surgery was the only cure for an injury which flared up while he was on international duty.

Terry said: "I'm back in the treatment room but it is not all doom and gloom.

"I'm out for around four weeks. It's a new injury. I got a bit of floating bone trapped under the knee joint and the only way to remove it was surgery.

"I'm already working my socks off to get fit and get back."