Maurizio Sarri has insisted that his Chelsea tactics are not to blame for the club’s poor run of form. “The system is a false problem.”
Chelsea fans in numbers believe the side’s problems stem from Sarri regularly overlooking Emerson Palmieri and England starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi, as well as playing Jorginho over Ngolo Kante as their deep-lying midfielder and persisting with his ‘Sarri-ball’ ways.
However, the Guardian quoted the former Napoli boss as saying at a Press conference: “The system is a false problem.
Maurizio Sarri has insisted that his Chelsea tactics are not to blame for the club’s poor run of form. “The system is a false problem.”
Chelsea fans in numbers believe the side’s problems stem from Sarri regularly overlooking Emerson Palmieri and England starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi, as well as playing Jorginho over Ngolo Kante as their deep-lying midfielder and persisting with his ‘Sarri-ball’ ways.
However, the Guardian quoted the former Napoli boss as saying at a Press conference: “The system is a false problem.
“I know very well that, when we are losing, I have to put a striker on the pitch. When we are winning, I have to put a defender on the pitch. But I want to see the football in another way.
“I have to think we are able to improve and able to improve immediately. The result is not all in a match.
“In the last match [against United] we played better, better and better, especially in the first half.
“We have to solve a big problem because we stayed in the other half for 75 minutes out of 90 and were not able to score.
“They only played 15 or 16 balls into our box and scored two goals. So we have to solve this problem: a problem of aggression and determination in both boxes.
“It’s very easy [to get the fans back on side]: we need to win three or four matches in a row. It’s the only solution
“I can understand very well the frustration of our fans because they are used to winning. And now we are in trouble so I can understand it very well.
“But there isn’t another way. We have only to have good performances and good results.
“Of course, in this moment, it’s very difficult to think that we are able to win three or four matches in a row.
“But, in football, everything can change in one day. I think that we need, first of all, a good performance; a good result.
“Then, with more confidence, we are able to do everything. I have to think that I will be the manager of Chelsea for a long time, otherwise I cannot work.
2I am not sure [it will work] but I have to think this. I have to work and I want to work with a long-term target.”
“The problem is the performance and the result against City. For that match, the fans are right because we played very badly, very badly without mentality, without soul.
“I don’t agree for the last match because we played a good game, especially in the first half. We played well.”
The 60-year-old also suggested there was not enough ‘time’ to change system, given the Blues were playing every three days.
“At the moment we are making mistakes with a lot of players. Everybody sooner or later was involved in a mistake,” he added.
“So I think we need more to change the mentality than the players. But it’s not very easy because we have no time at the moment. We are trying to talk with the players.
“We are trying to avoid some mistakes by video. But it’s not easy because we have to play every three days. On the pitch, we have no time.”
Sarri says he wants a player who is able to move the ball very fast as the deep-lying midfielder, which is why N'Golo Kante is not playing there. #CHEMAL
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 20, 2019