
Jamie
Carragher analysed Chelsea's "unbelievable lack of intensity" on Monday
Night Football, saying the players look like "mannequins" at times.
Chelsea have come under scrutiny after they were thrashed 6-0 by Manchester
City on Sunday, which was their worst defeat in any competition since 1991.
Here's what Carragher and former Barcelona, Ajax and Netherlands forward
Patrick Kluivert made of Chelsea's recent approach under Maurizio Sarri...
Lack of intensity
Jamie Carragher: "I stand by my comment about Sarri turning Chelsea into
Arsenal. The reason I said it was that in the last few years, Arsenal have
been rolled over in big games. There has been an 8-2 at Manchester United,
6-0 against Chelsea, 5-1 at Anfield.
"What we are seeing from Chelsea now is very similar. It's not just losing
big games, it's how they are losing them.
"In the last two-and-a-half months Chelsea have probably put in four of the
worst away performances that they have had in the Premier League.
"Starting with the Tottenham game [a 3-1 defeat at Wembley] and there's a
recurring theme.
"The lack of intensity from Chelsea is unbelievable. As the ball comes into
Harry Kane there's nobody engaging him or being aggressive. Still, it's like
he's in a cage, there are five players around. If I tell you that he will
take five touches and score a goal... that was in a derby game.
"There's talk that with Sarri-ball they want to press high and press from
the front. There's nothing wrong with that, a lot of the top teams in world
football do it. But he hasn't got the players to do it. Eden Hazard is 28,
Olivier Giroud, Pedro, Willian and Gonzalo Higuain are all over 30. They
can't do it."
Where's the aggression?
"This is at 0-0 in the first minute of the second half against Bournemouth
last month.
"They are not a disorganised team but they make Bournemouth look like
Brazil. There are six players around the ball, you'd think how are you going
to get out of that? As a coach you'd be happy, but where's the aggression
and the challenge?
"One, two and they are out. Then why isn't [David] Luiz getting tight and
making contact?
"Where's the intensity? This is what Sarri is talking about with a lack of
motivation.
Patrick Kluivert: "It's a lack of aggression in the whole team. A team like
Chelsea, one of the best in the Premier League, you need to have aggression.
If you want to let the opponent see where you are coming from you need to
have aggression to make an impression on the other team, otherwise they feel
they can win something. The first thing is aggression."
Player problem
Carragher: "These players have to look at themselves and when the manager
says I can't motivate the players, these are the clips he will be looking
at. As a manager it's the same story.
"Look at this against Manchester City. They are like mannequins. It's like a
training session where nobody tackles. It's a huge game and it's early in
the game.
"This is unbelievable with Bernardo Silva. Chelsea have got eight players in
the box. Bernardo Silva has six touches with eight outfield players in the
box and nobody gets near him.
"A big thing in football is when a manager comes in, does the manager adapt
to the players in his squad or do they adapt to him? I don't think he has
got the players to do what he wants, which is this high-energy game.
"The big problem he has is that the one player he has brought in to
implement his style, Jorginho, is the one that everyone is saying is the
problem."