Maurizio Sarri has an appointment following a defeat against the Spurs

Maurizio Sarri had one-on-one meetings with his Chelsea players to ask him for explanations about the perceived lack of "determination" in their defeat against the Spurs.

"I talked to them player-by-player, a five-to-ten-minute meeting with the individuals," said Sarri, who will rest Eden Hazard against PAOK after the Belgian injured his ankle this weekend. "I had to think of everything because Saturday we played very badly, a game without determination.

"It's not normal. We lost a match after three and a half months, 110 days, but we have to understand why, especially from a mental point of view. It's very difficult for me to understand why we played without determination in such a big game.

"If you have no determination, you have no motivation. If you are not motivated, you may not have clear goals. I wanted to understand that. The problem was also with the approach of the match in the previous three matches [against Crystal Palace, BATE Borisov and Everton]but if you continue on the field with this approach and the opponents are very strong, like Tottenham, and determined, like Tottenham, the problem is more serious. They were able to destroy us in 15 minutes. But I had already seen the same problems in games before. "