DBasia.news – Chelsea’s manager Maurizio Sarri is trying to protect his new striker, Gonzalo Higuain. The Argentine was criticized because he was considered to not giving any satisfying contribution when Chelsea lost 4-0 to Bournemouth.
In that match Higuain played as a starting line up on the Chelsea front line and made Sarri pulled back Eden Hazard to his original position as a winger.
Higuain looked harmless in the match and had to be pulled in the 65th minute to be replaced by Olivier Giroud.
It was the biggest defeat experienced by Chelsea in the Premier League era since Liverpool beat them 5-1 in 1996. The Blues are now shifted to fifth place in the Premier League standings because they lost productivity goals from Arsenal.
“You could say he hasn’t been in his best condition yet. Last month, between a back injury and a transfer window, he did not train properly. He just needs to return to a better condition, “Sarri said.
“There are too many things that don’t work, we keep repeating the same mistakes,” Sarri added.
“I don’t think tactics are the problem. The truth is that the team hasn’t absorbed my concept enough. “