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It was an evening to forget for Chelsea who had lost 2-0 to his rivals Arsenal last night (Saturday) at the Emirates Stadium.
The goals of Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny gave Arsenal the three points, while the Gunners reduced the gap to Chelsea in fourth place at just three points.
BT Sport experts Martin Keown, Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas then criticized the Blues, the trio highlighting the problems Sarri and his team faced.
Here's all they had to say after the game.
Jenas:
"The frustrating thing for Chelsea fans is that they [defeats like this] It seems to me avoidable by playing with players where they should play.
"Sometimes, as a manager, you feel like you have to stick to your philosophy and your beliefs, that's great.
"But [Eden] The danger to me was completely overwhelmed and there were too many sloppy moments in the way they played.
"From the first minute, it was like, oh, we will come here and play football based on possession and make it fall as if we were playing for possession.
"I really do not see any intention or direction as to what their plan is when they go there.
"They overturn the game and they have worthy players, but they used to do it wide with overlaps of [Marcos] Alonso and balls cross the surface, with attackers flying to score goals
"It was more commonplace today and I do not understand it.
Ferdinand:
"I think everything comes from not having the number nine.
"There is no central point and once the players have become wide, when Alonso has become wide, we do not really see him deny an opportunity to cross.
"Nowadays, and during the last few weeks when there was no number nine in this team, it comes back all the time.
"Very rarely, you see the ball cross the goal.
"The only moment is really when Hazard was there.
"Let's go back to the point that JJ [Jermaine Jenas] Actually, I'm 100% behind him, I think this manager has to play [N’Golo] Kante in his position.
"He's the best midfielder in the world, and Hazard's best moments are when he gets into the left.
"He can play the number nine – the fake role nine times – to a certain extent sometimes, but he's not going to give you what he's giving you on that left side, where everybody says he's is one of the best players in the world.
"You have two of the best players on this team – the top two players – out of position.
Jenas:
"It's not always a question of taking Jorginho to the game. [N’Golo] Kante there. You can play them together, play a 4-2-3-1 though he should, but far too many times Arsenal has been able to invade Hazard.
"When he's off, he can isolate the defensemen one against one, in the midfield, for the half-centers, it would be much easier to find him, to put the midfielders on guard, and time and time again. it did not stop.
Keown:
"If Hazard has a bad day, Chelsea will not win the match.
"Too much emphasis is really on a player.
"The football world thinks that Kante should play as a midfielder, but in Sarri's world he does not, he wants to play against another."
"What about developing Kante so that he's more creative in his more traditional position, in a deeply elongated midfield position."
Ferdinand:
"In recovering the ball, there is no one on the planet like him, play it there to get the ball.
"You can play Jorginho, who is someone who gives the tempo of the match.
"You get the ball in the middle third of the field, it's very good, but how many helpers has he had this season, about 2,000 pbades, no help.
"He's not a great defender, once again against a big team that has been invaded, he can not run.
Keown:
"Kante could have been this creative player in this position.
"You actually tell Kante that you're not creative enough, but you've just won the World Cup and Premier League two years in a row with two different clubs.
"He's the best midfielder and he's playing out of position, he's a little bit more run now, and he looks ordinary on this Chelsea side.
Ferdinand:
"They even looked better when Chelsea when [Olivier] Giroud came to the field.
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"Hazard came out publicly and said he liked playing with Giroud and giving him the ball."
"He may not score as many goals as Costa or such a person, but he will bring in other players."
Keown:
"Another World Cup winner, but he's like the panel, everything suits him, and he may not score so much, but you can play against him, both inside and around him, and Hazard can claim his magic, he is not able to do it himself. "
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