The mood in the away dressing room at the Emirates last night must surely have been one of despair. 4 points from 4 matches for the blues sparked a ferocious attack in Mauricio Sarri’s post-match interview in which he reverted to his mother tongue of Italian to emphasize his fury at Chelsea’s “mentality” and “motivation”.
“I have to say, I’m extremely angry. Very angry indeed” said the incensed manager who has only been coaching the club for just under 5 months. The reasoning for Sarri’s outburst was clear, in the direction of his players.”I want to send a message to my players and I want my message to be very clear”. Chelsea has struggled in finding the back of the net this season but most notably in recent games. They come last in goals scored out of the top six with a mediocre 40 compared to the goals galore side of Manchester city with 62. Much of this has been blamed on £70 million pound flop Alvaro Morata who has yet again had a miserable start to the season only netting 5 goals since September; Many Chelsea fans state they “Don’t even have a striker” and who can argue with them when Alvaro doesn’t even make it to the bench of most games. It is plain to see why he wants out and has been heavily linked with a move back home to Spain to play alongside another ex- Chelsea striker; Diego Costa, who almost every Blues fan will be missing dearly.
Gonzalo Higuain is set to be the man to fill the role of striker at Chelsea and at 31 many critics have questioned if he is past his prime. With only 6 goals this season many will be hoping he reverts back to his record-breaking 15/16 season with 36 goals in 35 games. However many goals he scores for Chelsea, one things for sure and that is that he will be rewarded handsomely with his wage expecting to be in the region of £270,000 per week.
The future of Chelsea’s season is looking extremely unclear but we shall see the true fight of the manager and of the team in the months to come.
Max Payne 