Unbeaten Chelsea take on Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Friday night.
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“This is the most important thing and then you can do everything but if not, if you don’t show that from the beginning, it’s hard to analyse”.
“I think he is the right man for this club”, the Nigeria worldwide told the Chelsea website.
On his manager, he said, ” Our manager wants each of us to be like a runner.
Liverpool new boy Joel Matip says Diego Costa and other wind-up merchants don’t worry him.
“They are very quick, especially Mane, who has already scored two goals, and of course I also know Coutinho well”.
The atmosphere created by the Italian is in stark contrast to the “palpable discord” between players and management that unravelled Chelsea’s Premier League title defence last season and led to the sacking of Jose Mourinho in December. The food regime and the training have changed and he wants everyone to gel together as a team.
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville memorably said Luiz looked like he was “being controlled by a 10-year-old in the crowd on a Playstation” after one especially error-strewn display and the 29-year-old was unable to shed that reputation during his time in France.
If Chelsea win, it will be the 27th home win in this fixture in the Premier League (currently 13 each) – no Premier League fixture has had more (Liverpool v Newcastle also 27).
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas was sent off for an ugly foul on Ragnar Klavan, while Liverpool’s Marko Grujic had to go to hospital following a clash of heads with Bertrand Traore. I hope this continues against Liverpool and it’s important we play in this way because they have players who can hurt us.
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Chelsea captain John Terry has been ruled out with an ankle injury so David Luiz is ready to fill in and make a second club debut. Meanwhile, Emre Can is struggling to recover from an ankle injury in time, for kick-off.
