talkSPORT’s Andy Jacobs has blasted the “absolutely hopeless” Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri following their dismal defeat at Arsenal on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Blues were beaten 2-0 thanks to goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny in a game where Arsenal were comfortably the better side.<\/p>\n
After the match, Sarri launched an astonishing attack on his players’ mentality.<\/p>\n
But Chelsea fan Jacobs hit back at the Italian, suggesting his team selection was chiefly to blame for the loss – with Eden Hazard playing in a false nine position while defensive midfielder N’golo Kante has been started in a more advanced role throughout the season.<\/p>\n
On Monday’s Hawksbee and Jacobs, Andy ranted: “They\u2019re hopeless. Absolutely hopeless.<\/p>\n
“Having a go at the players is something else and it really is brilliant when it is YOUR [Sarri’s] fault basically. You\u2019re wasting these players, you\u2019re wasting the best player in your league.<\/p>\n
“And when you do that and blame somebody else for it then it\u2019s quite staggering!”<\/p>\n
Playing Hazard in a false nine role has been a tactic Sarri has tried often as it worked quite well when it was first attempted during Chelsea’s 2-0 victory over Manchester City last month.<\/p>\n
However, future games have seen games pass the Belgian by and Andy urged Sarri to start playing an out-and-out striker to allow Hazard more freedom on the pitch.<\/p>\n
He added: “It was a pretty abject performance but it\u2019s no different to the performances we\u2019ve seen under Sarri with a false nine.<\/p>\n
“Although Olivier Giroud is not the answer you saw from the minute he was on Hazard was free and Chelsea looked better.”<\/p>\n
But Andy wasn’t done there. He then had a go at Sarri for his decision to bring on Ross Barkley for Mateo Kovacic as his first substitution even though Chelsea were chasing a two-goal deficit.<\/p>\n
Andy also went on to say Chelsea were the “worst-run top club in Europe. ”<\/p>\n
He added: “He\u2019s [Sarri] an inflexible typical Italian manager who\u2019s the \u2018Professor of Possession at the University of No End-Product\u2019. It\u2019s pitiful and a kind of madness not to see what\u2019s staring at you in the face. Everyone else can see it.<\/p>\n
“Even if he played Pedro there [false nine] it would be better than playing Hazard there. It doesn\u2019t work!<\/p>\n
“Jorginho has been chronic for weeks but that\u2019s partly because he\u2019s not used to playing in the intensity of this league.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you think \u2018if you\u2019re such a great tactician why don\u2019t you find a way of freeing this player up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWillian has been awful all season. He\u2019s awful so why keep picking him?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not play David Luiz in midfield and play Christensen, who\u2019s dying for a game, in defence?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the worst-run top club in Europe. It\u2019s not just the manager \u2013 the board, the transfer policy, the way they do business, everything about it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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