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Nick Wright said Maurizio Sarri was right about Chelsea's mentality, but he also has questions to ask.

It was clear that Maurizio Sarri was serious from the moment he entered the press conference room of the Emirates Stadium on Saturday night. The Chelsea manager took his seat and, instead of the usual break before the preliminary question, announced that he would speak in his native Italian. "I want my message to be very clear," he said.

He has certainly succeeded on this front. In the remarkable attack that followed against his players, Sarri insisted that Arsenal had been "much more determined" than his team and lamented Chelsea's lack of "ferocity." "It's something I can not accept," he continued. "It seems that this group of players is extremely difficult to motivate."

The explosion of Sarri was extraordinary but he had the right to be angry. On the field, his Chelsea team seemed suspended at the first minute. At the final whistle, the tracking data indicated that they had been spaced five kilometers apart. Arsenal also won 69 individual duels against 54 over Chelsea. The figures highlight the gap between the two camps in terms of application and effort.

Sarri played by publicly criticizing his players so hard at the start of his tenure, but you'd have a hard time baderting that he's not right. This Chelsea team has won Premier League titles, but it is also likely to collapse. Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte would certainly testify.

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Maurizio Sarri launches a fierce attack on his players

"It's just a locker room that can turn it on and off like a faucet, it's able to do it for years," he said. Sky sports Pandita Gary Neville. "Sarri probably thought that he was an experienced guy, he went around the block and thought he did not need to take it."

Sarri must now expect a positive response from his players, starting in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup on Thursday against Tottenham, but his explosive comments should not protect him from control. Aged 59, he was instructed to integrate the "Sarri-ball" in the Premier League, but so far he has raised more questions than answers.

Football has been heavy and the dominant feeling is that players are chained in a system that does not suit them. N & # 39; Golo Kante was transferred from his role of principal owner to the right of the midfielder to three to welcome Jorginho. Chelsea fans have also been puzzled by Sarri's recent deployment of Eden Hazard as a fake.

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Sarri has not been helped by the absence of a high-level striker on his team – an issue he hopes to remedy thanks to the signing of Gonzalo Higuain's loan from Juventus – but he is always curious to see Hazard occupy a position that he occupies clearly. No pleasure while Olivier Giroud, a player whom he describes as "a pleasure to play with", stamps on the bench.

It's not just Kante and Hazard, either. The Sarri 4-3-3 system required a major reshuffle on the back, Marcos Alonso moving from left back to left rear and Cesar Azpilicueta moving from right back to l & # 39; back. David Luiz, so often remarkable in the center of the last three places, no longer enjoys the same protection.

Sarri, however, showed little appetite for changing course.

So far this season, Chelsea has only made 29 player changes in 23 games – the second lowest in the Premier League with the Wolves. Sarri's replacements are often predictable, and from Callum Hudson-Odoi and Andreas Christensen to Ethan Ampadu and Danny Drinkwater, there is a long list of players who have been given little or no play time.

Frustrated fans would like to see Sarri soften his approach and adopt some flexibility in the face of adversity, but the reality is that it will probably not happen. He has rarely moved away from his privileged system and staff in Naples and there is no reason to think that this will change now.

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"I am a good football teacher," said Sarri after Saturday's match. "I do not think it would be a good idea if I was trying to teach my players a different type of football, maybe there will be some changes, but there will be no change." major upheaval. "

Instead, Sarri will continue to do things his way, knowing that the thrilling football he has set up in Napoli is precisely the reason he was brought to Chelsea. He could also be encouraged by the way Manchester City and Liverpool have understood the ideas of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp after a difficult start.

Maurizio Sarri is determined to stick to his philosophy

It seems that Sarri still has the support of his players – "Everyone has confidence in his work and everyone is with him," said Luiz Saturday – but it is less obvious to know if there are any patience at the top of the club. Roman Abramovich's finger is never far from the trigger for managers. If the past tells us anything, it is that Sarri needs his vision to materialize quickly.

It will not be easy with an unbalanced team that still does not fit his style, but Sarri's explosive comments at the Emirates Stadium suggest that he knows he needs to see progress sooner. In one way or another, the chances of success of the "Sarri-ball" in Chelsea will be clarified after Thursday's meeting with the Spurs.

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