Chelsea News: More pressure in Napoli than Stamford Bridge, insists that Sarri be under fire

Maurizio Sarri has no qualms about accepting growing speculation about his position in Chelsea, insisting that the pressure on him is even stronger during an acclaimed spell in Napoli.

The Blues beat Wednesday their heaviest defeat in the Premier League era, bowing 4-0 to Bournemouth.

A section of roving fans at Vitality Stadium sang "You do not know what you're doing" when new rookie Gonzalo Higuain was replaced halfway through the fall in the second half, while another fan confronted Sarri at his exit from the stadium a long debriefing at the locker room.

In front of Huddersfield Town's visit to Stamford Bridge on Saturday, the 60-year-old offered a calm and firm defense of his methods, calling himself a "dreamer" who would stick to the style of football he loved in Naples . .

This three-year relay did not, however, lead to a major trophy and it was observed that the demands for honors at Chelsea impose a different pressure on Sarri.

Perhaps predictably, he does not see it this way.

"I came from Naples, Napoli is, for the third time in a row, in the Champions League," he said. "So the level here is really high, but the old level was not so low.

"I think there was more pressure because Naples is the only big city in Italy with a single team, so in Naples, the pressure of the fans is really a big pressure."

Sarri is looking to improve his team every day at training, but acknowledged that a cluttered match schedule makes this goal difficult.

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"It's very difficult to train here. [in England]. You start playing every three days in August. In five months, there is only one week left without a match in the week, "said Sarri.

"So it's very difficult to improve the individual players and the team, we try to change something but we have little time.

"We are now working on the last 30 meters [the attack]but the weather is very small. "