Chelsea news: Maurizio Sarri identifies TWO problems after Everton draw, Check them out

Chelsea were out to maintain their impressive start to the season as they welcomed the Toffees to Stamford Bridge.

And they had Eden Hazard back in their Premier League starting XI for the first time in three weeks after his recovery from a back injury.

The Belgian winger was unable to muster up the magic that has seen him marked out as one of the top flight’s slide performers though.



While his Chelsea team-mates were frustrated in equal measure by the heroics of Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.


Chelsea were forced to settle for a point which left them third behind Liverpool and Manchester City in the table.

Speaking after the 0-0 draw, Sarri identified two "problems" for the Blues - their approach to recent games and a lack of ruthlessness in front of goal.

"I think we have to sort out the problem of the approach of the match because in the last two or three matches we haven't been approaching the games right," Sarri said.

"At the beginning we moved the ball too slowly, so it is easy for the opposition to defend and impossible for us to be dangerous.



We have to accept the draw, at the end it's a good point and we are still unbeaten."

Asked about Chelsea’s wastefulness of late, Sarri added: "I don’t know [if Chelsea are ruthless enough in attack. Usually, yes.

"Not in the last three matches because as I said to my players, we created few goal opportunities in relation to how much we played.

"So in this moment maybe it’s a little problem. We have to be careful because in the last three matches you are right.



"I think we played very well for 65 minutes today. Maybe in this period we are not able to create for how much we played.

"For example in the last match in the Europa League we played 81 balls in the BATE box but created only four opportunities, and I think we can do better, but we are playing very well, just not at the beginning."

Chelsea now face a two-week wait for their next Premier League fixture due to the international break.

Sarri will be hoping to see his side get back to winning ways when they take on Tottenham on Saturday November 24.

November 11, 2018 sports