Maurizio
Sarri's willpower was put to the test during Chelsea's thrilling 3-2 win
against Arsenal on Saturday.
The Blues head coach held a box of cigarettes and chewed on butts as he
watched his side let a two-goal lead slip, before Marcos Alonso scored a
late winner.
"I will smoke in the evening, not during the match," said Sarri.
"I am going to stop, just for one or two years, then I will start again.
"We did very well for 75 minutes of the 90. Inside there were 15 horrible
minutes. We lost distances, we were not able to press, we were not able to
defend. We were really in trouble."
Sarri resisted the urge to have a cigarette at the interval after a
stressful end to the first half where Arsenal scored twice in four minutes.
"I just needed the first half to end!" he said. "I needed half-time. I can
speak about the other 75, I think that's better, because I remember the good
things instead of the worst.
"I think in the second half we did really well in the mental point of view
because it was very hard to answer to the last part of the first half."
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