Maurizio Sarri says that the final of the Carabao Cup in Chelsea proves that the season is better than that of Arsenal | Football News

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Maurizio Sarri compares Chelsea's season with Arsenal and wonders why his reign is a disaster in the eyes of the media

Maurizio Sarri said that Chelsea had been more successful than Arsenal this season because they had reached the final of the Carabao Cup.

Both teams are on 50 points in the Premier League, out of the FA Cup and in the final of the Europa League 16.

Sarri is under increasing pressure in Chelsea after a bad run, including a 6-0 defeat at Manchester City – which they will face in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, live Sky Sports Football – and compared the season of his team to Arsenal in order to silence his critics.

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"It's important to win the final," Sarri said. "It's very important for us, we have to regain confidence, we're in the first final of the season and at one point of the [Premier League] first four.

"The Arsenal season is good but we are going a little better because we are in the final and our season is a disaster? I can not understand.

The Arsenal season is good but we are going a little better because we are in the final and our season is a disaster? I am not able to understand.

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"I want to remind you that in the last two seasons, this team had 70 points, not 100. In the summer we changed everything, it's not easy."

Chelsea ended City's undefeated start for the 2018/19 season, which went down 2-0 in December, before Pep Guardiola's team took revenge with a 6-0 defeat earlier. this month.

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Sarri reflected on these two very different games and admitted that Chelsea had to "stay in the game for a long time" if they had any hope of lifting the Carabao Cup trophy on Sunday.

"I thought we were lucky in the first game because we had problems in the first period, we scored at the last minute of the first period and the game changed.

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"I thought we were unlucky in the second game because we started very well for five minutes, but then we conceded a stupid goal and we could not react, it was a disaster.

"For us, it is very important to stay in the match for a long time [on Sunday] then we can do something. "

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