{"id":15236,"date":"2019-02-11T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=15236"},"modified":"2019-02-11T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T11:27:04","slug":"bad-blues-day-but-sarri-wont-change-style-after-worst-defeat-in-26-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=15236","title":{"rendered":"Bad Blues day, but Sarri won’t change style after worst defeat in 26 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘My target is to play my football’ – Sarri won’t change Chelsea style despite Man City mauling<\/strong>
\nThe Blues made “a lot of mistakes against the wrong opponents” in their 6-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium, conceded the Italian boss
\nMaurizio Sarri defended his style of football after Chelsea were thrashed 6-0 by Manchester City but said his players were not fulfilling his intentions on the pitch.
\nDefeat at the Etihad Stadium was Chelsea’s third in succession\u00a0away from home in the\u00a0Premier League,\u00a0and the manner of the Blues’ first-half capitulation, falling 4-0 behind inside 25 minutes,\u00a0left Sarri unable to explain what went wrong.
\nThe 60-year-old led Chelsea on a 12-game unbeaten run from the start of the season through to late November, but they have since lost six times.
\nSarri’s men are sixth in the table, outside the qualifying spots for the Champions League and 15 points behind\u00a0leaders City,\u00a0who romped to victory courtesy of Sergio Aguero’s hat-trick, a brace for Raheem Sterling\u00a0and a goal\u00a0from Ilkay Gundogan.
\nWhen asked post-match if\u00a0he had any doubts about whether his style of play could work at Stamford Bridge, Sarri responded: “No, because today I didn’t see my football.
\n“At the beginning [of the season]\u00a0it worked. So now we need only to understand the reasons why at the moment it isn’t working.
\n“Something is changing. I am not able to see the reason but we have to work for this.\u00a0My target is to play my football, not to change [to] another football because at the moment we are playing another football.”
\nSarri rebuffed questions over his future at the club and also dismissed suggestions that he refused to shake City boss Pep Guardiola’s hand after the game, insisting he had not seen his counterpart.
\nHe blamed\u00a0Chelsea’s defeat on\u00a0a number of mistakes made during a crucial period of the game but said there was no\u00a0issue with motivation among his players.
\n“My feeling today was really very good,” said Sarri.\u00a0“The area map was really good so I think the motivation was at the right level. We started well then we conceded the goal after four minutes in a stupid way.
\n“In that moment, we needed to stay in the match and we were not able to. They [City] played really fantastic football today.”
\nBy GOAL.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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