Defeating Palace, Maurizio Sarri Scored 11 Unbeaten Matches Record in Premier League

DBasia.news – Chelsea new manager Maurizio Sarri continued the sweet journey in his first season with The Blues. He added the unbeaten record in the Premier League to be 11 matches after winning the London Derby against Crystal Palace with a 3-1 score at Stamford Bridge.

The 11 matches continued to all competitions joined by Chelsea this season. Regardless of the defeat in the Community Shield, Chelsea are unbeaten in the League Cup, Europa League, and Premier League. The 11 unbeaten matches brought Sarri to break the record.

The former Napoli coach scored a similar record like Nottingham Forest manager Frank Clark in 1994. At that time, Clark brought Forest who just promoted to the Premier League unbeaten in 11 consecutive matches and finished in the 3rd place of the table.

“I’m really very proud but I’m proud to be coach of this team. The record is not the record of the coach but the team. I was lucky because I have very good players and in the last two months they were able to win without a great level of organization from the tactical point of view,” Sarri told Goal.

Sarri could surpass Clark’s record if Chelsea are unbeaten against Everton this weekend. Besides Sarri’s record, the fact that Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool are also unbeaten becomes the first record since the past three decades.

Superstition

“It’s really easy to understand him you know. The way he seems – that’s how he is. He has no secrets. He’s a simple guy. He has his beliefs, his superstitions. Everyone does.”

“For example, he won’t touch the match ball ever. Even if we’re losing, the ball goes out and we need to get the ball back in play as fast as possible, he won’t go near it. No way – he won’t touch it. There are other things too, but that’s normal, no?”

Jorginho

No, it’s not normal, Jorginho. But no one really knows Sarri in Chelsea as the Brasilian midfielder does. Jorginho has been coached by Sarri in Napoli for three years.

The fans would ignore Sarri’s superstitions as long as Chelsea are unbeaten, achieving the victory, and big chance to win the Premier League.

Chelsea are in the 3rd rank of temporary standing with two points difference from the leader, Man City. Their chance to win the Premier League is still very big. But, Sarri remains humble.

“I don’t know. At the beginning, we knew there was a gap of 30 points from last season. At the moment we need only to think about trying to recover a large part of the gap. I hope to recover almost all of it but I don’t know. It’s difficult to recover 30 points but we are trying,” Sarri concluded.