Hazard hails Sarri style

By Football Italia staff

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has hailed former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri for making ‘a big difference’ at Stamford Bridge.

Hazard scored his sixth goal of the season during Chelsea’s 2-1 win at Liverpool in the League Cup on Wednesday, which was the Reds’ first defeat of the season.

“You see it on the pitch,” he told The Times when asked about how his side had embraced Sarri’s attacking philosophy.

“We have different players, players that we didn’t have last season, players who like to have the ball. We have more possession than before.

“The attacking players benefit from that. We get more touches, more opportunities to create chances, to dribble more, more chances to shoot on target.

“Sarri is a manager who likes to have the ball. That makes a big difference. Besides that, he’s an Italian. Just like under [Antonio] Conte there’s a lot of tactics and we have to work hard in training.

“I don’t feel like saying that I didn’t have any freedom under my previous managers. Conte and [Jose] Mourinho also let me do what I wanted in the last third.

“That’s why I could excel under them too. Defensively I know what I have to do.”

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