David Luiz: We Support Sarri

By Joshua Walters

David Luiz has backed Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri to return the team to winning ways as he tells the latter to stick to his possessive style of play regardless the difficulties.

Fourth-placed Chelsea suffered their fourth defeat of the 2018/19 Premier League season in a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in the London derby at the Emirates Stadium last Saturday.

The defeat cuts Chelsea’s lead over the 5th and 6th placed Arsenal and Manchester United respectively to three points as the two are paired on 41 points apiece.

Sarri was not enthused by his team’s performance in the game whose result has brought some pressure on the Italian trainer.

Luiz admits that the Italian is right in his accusation of the players, but says the players are fully behind the former Napoli manager.

"He was not happy, but nobody was happy, so it was normal."

"It is our style, it is our philosophy, I think if you asked at the beginning of the season can Chelsea keep the ball you would have said no.”

"And now we are able to do that, like the best teams in the world, but then we have to improve our last 25 metres.”

“It is part of the process, when you try to do something and this is inside your mind, if you believe in it you can arrive there.”

"Because of the results if you start to change and change, you don't go anywhere. So this is our philosophy, I believe in it, I trust in it, so I just know we have to improve, like every team in the world.”

"What Sarri has done until now is unbelievable, amazing, because normally a team to understand this philosophy needs one or two years, like Man City and Liverpool, who are playing very well with the ball now.”

"What he has done has been amazing, so we have to try to improve the details now. I don't think so [that players are turning], everybody is trusting his job and everybody is with him."