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More from Maurizio Sarri: Dominic Fifield is the Guardian’s man at the Italian’s press conference and has filed this report on Eden Hazard playing as a False 9 for Chelsea.

Maurizio Sarri was asked whether Eden Hazard has accepted playing as a false No9 having complained at being asked to operate there under Antonio Conte. He told me that he likes very much to play there,” said the Chelsea head coach. “So I don’t know. I wasn’t here last season, so I don’t know why Eden told people this. But, at the moment, he likes very much to play there.

“There isn’t a ‘best’ position for Hazard. Hazard is a wonderful player with a very high level of imagination. And I think he needs to be let free on the pitch. So I think there isn’t a ‘right’ position for him. But we need to have a very high level of organisation to (tap into) his movements.”

