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Maurizio Sarri looked dejected in Chelsea's 6-0 defeat against Manchester City last weekend
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri said he was "looking for some consistency" after winning a 2-1 win at Malmo in the first leg of their last 32 games in the Europa League.
She followed their 6-0 loss to Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.
"During the last period, we had the problem of going up, down, up and down," said Sarri.
"4-0, 5-0 for us, 6-0 … so we need continuity and consistency."
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The Italian said that Chelsea had to "approach every match with the same level of application, determination and attention."
He added, "You know very well that if you're in bad mental condition in England, you can lose three or four very important games in 10 days, so we need consistency, we have to approach every game the same way. not easy, but we have to try. "
Ross Barkley and Olivier Giroud scored for Chelsea in Sweden. Anders Christiansen scored a goal for Malmo in the 80th minute.
The second leg is at Stamford Bridge on February 21st.
"I'm happy because we played with a very good level of confidence," said Sarri.
"It was not really easy after the last game, but today we were confident because we also moved the ball into our area.
"So, I think we played very well, we only risked on shots because they are more physical than us, we could have scored more, I think, but we conceded a goal on an error. 39; hui, the level of application and attention was good, we made a mistake, I think, a material error, so it could have been better.
"Better, because we had three or four chances to score at 2-0, so we could have killed the game, but I'm happy with the confidence." It was not easy playing with that confidence after the last one. match."
Captain Cesar Azpilicueta said that Chelsea "was likely to get a more comfortable result" against Malmo and thought the match was "still to play".
"It was a tough defeat last Sunday but we are in the round of 16 and it is important to start well," he said.
"This tournament is very important, we are fighting for the trophies and to be in the top 4. We are in the Carabao Cup final next week, and every trophy is important."
The Blues have a series of tough matches for the rest of the month, starting with the first leg of the FA Cup fifth round with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Monday.
After the return leg with Malmo, they will face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final on 24 and Tottenham home in the Premier League three days later.
Source: bbc.com
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