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The boss of the Blues took his time to question his team after a terrible day in the second half that saw them abandon the first four places.
Maurizio Sarri threw his coaching staff out of the locker room and locked the door for an hour to chat with the Chelsea players after a 4-0 away defeat at Bournemouth.
Chelsea are three points lower than last season and have lost to Arsenal in the goal difference table – Charlie Daniels' 95th-minute header puts the icing on the cake.
Wednesday marked the third Sarri investigation under his reign as boss after the defeats against Tottenham and Arsenal in the league.
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He waited more than an hour in the media, before fulfilling all his contractual obligations after the match, explaining what he was talking about with his players.
"At that time, I wanted to talk to them alone, without anyone else. As I have already said, I needed to understand. It is impossible to play in such a different way between the first and the second half. I do not understand why, "said Sarri.
"I want to try again tomorrow because we want to solve the problem," continued the Italian. "We only have to say sorry to our fans, we can lose, of course, every game, but not this way, we have to solve the problem, we have to understand where the problem is." "
"It's very difficult to understand the performance. We played very well in the first half, but in the second half, we conceded the goal after two minutes and stopped playing. In the offensive phase, we did not play as a team, but as individuals and we did not defend.
"It's hard to understand why, after what I saw in the first half, it was possible to solve the problem, we still had 43 minutes to play, so we could solve the problem." But not with this kind of reaction … very difficult for me to understand why.
"I wanted to try to understand after the game I spoke to the players immediately after the match, but it's very difficult for them too to say why, so I have to try again tomorrow because I've need to understand .. I need to solve this problem problem. "
Chelsea fans chanted "You do not know what you are doing" after Sarri replaced Gonzalo Higuain in the 65th minute for Olivier Giroud in the first start of their new Premier League rookie.
Bournemouth's win came almost a year after defeating Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Jan. 31 last season. The Blues also lost by only four goals margin for the second time in their Premier League history, the last time in 1996 after losing 5-1 to Liverpool.
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Chelsea was weak on the defensive side, but had only scored 13 goals in his last 13 games. Higuain has not yet had an impact in his first two games.
Sarri says he's not feeling pressured for his future in Chelsea, but fears he's failing to reach his players.
"I am frustrated, not under pressure, I have not seen any sign of my work, so I am frustrated," he added. "Maybe it's my fault, maybe I can not motivate them."
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