Before the start of this weekend, Chelsea were perhaps the best-placed team to settle into the top four of the Premier League table.
Man United who had been in form had just lost to Arsenal and the Blues themselves had a game in hand.
This meant that a win vs Everton would have taken them closer to that fourth spot on the league table.
Sadly though, this was not the case as Chelsea ultimately lost their extra game 2-0 to Everton this Sunday and we can all agree that it was a pathetic performance from the Blues – especially in the second half.
Even Sarri was confused as to why his players’ performances dipped during the second half but football pundit might just have revealed the perfect reason why the Stamford Bridge outfit have been operating with so much mediocrity this season.
“If they win, they go and score two goals in the first half, you say it’s a masterclass of a performance – they’ve controlled the game,” he said on his regular Sky Sports podcast(via Daily Star).
“They lose and you start to think of them as being a little bit nice, a little bit passive.
“They’ve just not got that edge, something that makes that game in the first half two and three-nil.
“And Chelsea teams who have been brutal at times over this last 15 years since Roman Abramovich came in, some of the great Chelsea sides that have won leagues, they have been the most clinical and ruthless in both boxes.
“You think of [John] Terry and [Didier] Drogba and [Ricardo] Carvalho and that type of player that existed at this club. Diego Costa.
“They just lack that little bit of something and when you watch them today, it’s a team that’s evolving, it’s a team that’s obviously different than how it’s been in the past, they play a lot more passes, the centre-backs split to five yards off the touchline when the goalkeeper has the ball – it’s not something we’ve seen before.
“Yeah they’ve always played out from the back, they’ve also played direct, they’ve also been able to mix it, they’ve also been quite aggressive, physical.
“It’s a different team.
“It’ll be interesting at the end of the season, I think Sarri will get to the end of the season now which is a good thing, to see if they do believe in the style and they do believe in him.”
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