“I don’t want him to focus on other players, other managers or the press or people that talk badly about him”.
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“It’s important to pay attention during the game”. He can score a lot of goals and I want him to put himself in the game and not think of other situations. “I want to buy the right profile for Chelsea, the right investment for the solution and for the future”. I thought we were excellent in the first-half, and restricted them to very little. “It helps me to understand when a player needs a hug and when a player needs a bit of pressure”.
Hazard has had a lively start to the season having struggled for the majority of last year, not scoring his first league goals until April having been awarded the PFA Player of the Year in 2015 as Chelsea won the league. I don’t find it right. “We needed to start in the right way”. “We need to work and be focused 100 per cent for the whole 90 minutes”.
“I know this situation from my experience as a player”, he said. ” Mazzarri also declined to comment as to whether match-winner Costa should have still been on the pitch, stating: “I’m not going to comment on any refereeing decision”.
Costa, Chelsea’s one-man war waiting to break out at any moment, spent most of last season enraging opposition fans, players and managers while treading a fine line with referees. He’s an important player.
“Or at the end when we played with 4-4-2, I shouted to the wingers to stay wide, but it is not easy.it’s important to support the players and I know that sometimes that they hear me, and sometimes they (pause).choose not to hear. Sometimes it’s hard for a player to look, so I might suggest where to go”.
Yet he dismissed ideas that this will continue to be his starting XI, adding: “Week by week I will see which team is more prepared to start each match”.
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Chelsea could switch their focus on Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly if they fail to seal a deal for Chiellini. “And wins like this are very important to improve confidence and trust in the work”.
