
Willian
believes Chelsea have no one to fear in the Premier League this season,
after an impressive start under head coach Maurizio Sarri.
Chelsea travel to Burnley on Sunday with the Blues third in the Premier
League, two points behind Manchester City and Liverpool, and ensured their
unbeaten start to the season remained intact after a late equaliser against
Manchester United last weekend.
Willian believes Ross Barkley's injury-time leveller proves Chelsea have
what it takes to take the title fight to the wire this season.
Speaking exclusively to Soccer Saturday, the Brazil international said: "We
know how important it is to play big games and to score in the last minute
(against Manchester United) was amazing.
"We have no one to fear in the Premier League this season, we have a team
who will fight until the end and I am sure we are going to do that."
The 30-year-old believes the change in fortunes at Chelsea - the Blues
finished fifth, 30 points behind champions Manchester City last season - is
all down to Sarri, who replaced Antonio Conte in the summer.
"It's been a very good start, we've played good football and it's all credit
to Sarri," Willian said.
"The way he works, it is all about playing good football and he has given us
more opportunities to show our quality more."
Willian was the subject of transfer speculation linking him with a move away
from Stamford Bridge last summer, with his relationship with Conte appearing
to have broken down.
But Willian admits morale is now high in the dressing room since Sarri took
charge.
"I am not here to criticise other managers or how they worked because every
manager has a different philosophy," he added.
"Now everyone can see Chelsea is a good team; he [Sarri] is a very positive
guy - very intelligent, a very good manager who talks all the time with us.
"Sometimes he has a lot of fun and jokes sometimes which is good to keep the
atmosphere high."