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  • I love Sarriball, says David Luiz

    I love Sarriball, says David Luiz

    David Luiz “loves” the way Maurizio Sarri has Chelsea playing and says he and his team-mates are trying to make it work “as soon as possible”.

    Luiz celebrated his 32nd birthday last week with a fancy-dress party which he says shows “how I think about life”.

    Gonzalo Higuain won best prize for his Elvis Presley impersonation – but has managed just four goals since he was brought in on loan in January to provide the finishing touch to Sarri’s possession-based philosophy.

    But after the pragmatic approaches of predecessors Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, Brazilian centre-back Luiz is happy to stick with ‘Sarriball’.

    “The way he [Sarri] plays football is the way I love football,” Luiz told Sky Sports News. “It’s the way I enjoy football, not just playing but watching. I love his philosophy.

    “A lot of people used to say Chelsea don’t control games, or Chelsea just play counter-attacks and defend.

    “Now we control all games and they criticise us because they don’t think we win games with possession.

    “His philosophy is amazing. He’s trying to play football. This takes time. We are trying to improve as soon as possible.”

    Sky Sports

  • EPL: Burnley played anti-football, says David Luiz

    EPL: Burnley played anti-football, says David Luiz

    Chelsea defender David Luiz slammed Burnley’s “anti-football” tactics as Blues were held to a 2-2 draw on a frustrating evening for Maurizio Sarri’s side.

    Burnley enjoyed just 24 per cent possession in the game while Chelsea had 22 shots but they struggled for rhythm against Sean Dyche’s organised side.

    Luiz wasn’t impressed with their approach.

    “We tried everything to win the game, but it’s difficult playing a team who has two chances, score two goals, but didn’t want to play the game”, he told Sky Sports

    “For me, the authority on the pitch is the referee, and when he is not there to try to check what he has to do on the pitch, it’s difficult.

    “They were trying to time waste from the first minute of the first half, and then it was anti-football so it’s difficult to play against.”

    As tempers frayed, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri was sent to the stands in the final minutes of the match.

  • EPL: We believe in Sarri vision – David Luiz

    EPL: We believe in Sarri vision – David Luiz

    Chelsea defender, David Luiz, insists there have been no dissenting voices among the Chelsea squad despite troubling results under head coach, Maurizio Sarri.

    Sarri’s position as head coach is under scrutiny, with Chelsea facing a crucial run of fixtures.

    Monday’s FA Cup tie with Manchester United is followed by Thursday’s Europa League last-32 second leg with Malmo and the February 24 Carabao Cup final with Manchester City.

    It was City who inflicted Chelsea’s worst defeat in 28 years, the 6-0 reverse following another humiliation, a 4-0 loss at Bournemouth which was the Blues’ heaviest in 22 years.

    An hour-long post-mortem followed the City loss on Monday – 10 minutes longer than the dressing-room inquest at Bournemouth – yet Luiz says no one has raised objections to Sarri’s possession-based tactics, which have yielded mixed results.

    “We have had many meetings already asking if someone doesn’t believe,” Luiz said.

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    “They can say. Nobody said anything. It’s because everyone believes [in it].”

    Chelsea slipped out of the Premier League’s top four as a result of the loss at City, responding with a 2-1 first-leg win at Malmo on Thursday night.

  • EPL: Luiz reveals who to blame for Chelsea’s loss to Arsenal

    EPL: Luiz reveals who to blame for Chelsea’s loss to Arsenal

    Chelsea defender, David Luiz has blamed Maurizio Sarri’s men following the Blues’ 2-0 defeat by Arsenal in the Premier League encounter on Saturday.

    Goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny gave Unai Emery’s side all three points against Chelsea at the Emirates.

    The Brazilian blamed Chelsea players for not converting their chances in front of goal against the hosts.

    Speaking on Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal, Luiz was quoted by Independent UK as saying at post-match: “The first 25 minutes we did not perform well, after that to control a team like Arsenal here with possession is never easy, especially in the second half we did that.

    “But then after that possession and being more dangerous is two different things, so I think we had the possession but we still have to be more dangerous.”

    Luiz also identified the creation and conversion of chances as areas in which Chelsea “have to improve”, adding that: “When I say that I am not talking about the strikers, I am talking about the whole team.

    “The offensive phase starts with goalkeeper (Kepa Arrizabalaga), and then with us the defenders, with everybody are to blame.”

    Luiz will now hope to lead Chelsea to victory when they tackle Bournemouth on Wednesday in their next Premier League fixture.