How Sarri inspired Chelsea victory against Manchester City — Rudiger

By Daily Sports on December 11, 2018

Chelsea centre-back Antonio Rudiger has revealed how ‘terrifying’ boss Maurizio Sarri inspired their victory over defending champions Manchester City.

After a shock 2-1 loss against Wolves in their previous game, Chelsea ended City’s unbeaten league status with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

And Rudiger credits Sarri with addressing the squad’s mentality issues after his furious reaction to their loss at Molineux. 

“After the Wolves game, he [Sarri] was terrifying,” Rudiger told reporters. 

“He was going crazy. But that was okay because we shouldn’t have lost this match.

“The day after, [Sarri] was very calm and clear-minded. He spoke with us and made it clear that we have to believe in ourselves. He wanted us to go into the City game looking for the win.

“We spoke together. We all knew what was going on, we didn’t have to lie to ourselves: the mentality was the problem.

“One of the things that made us strong in difficult moments last season was that we knew how to suffer. This season, because things were going so good, we were thinking, ‘We don’t need to suffer’.

“Two teams, Tottenham and Wolves, proved us wrong. That’s why, against Manchester City, everyone saw a team that was ready to fight. We wanted to take the supporters with us and we did that.

“By ‘suffering’, what I mean is when we are having a tough time, we need to man up, keep our chins up and work.

“We were playing beautiful football at the start of the season, but that doesn’t mean you forget the ugly side of it: winning tackles, tracking back, doing everything defensively.

“Against Manchester City, we were very clinical, which was also important. That has been missing over the last month, but against City, we did something out of nothing.” (Goal)

•Photo shows Antonio Rudiger

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 11, 2018


 

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