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07-03-2019 | 11:38 Football
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David Luiz praises Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri for sticking to his principles despite recent struggles

David Luiz has described Maurizio Sarri as a great human and praised him for sticking to his footballing principles during Chelsea’s recent struggles. “You don't change your character because of the situation, I think you change the situation,” said Luiz, ahead of Thursday's Europa League last-16 first-leg clash with Dynamo Kiev. “He's a great human, someone with the love and passion for football, someone loving with people and trying to help everybody, and trying to give the best advice. When you lose a game, as we did in Manchester (6-0), no one is going to be happy and coming here joking around. He's a real person, and real people have felt good and bad.” And the 31-year-old also insists he and his team-mates are fully behind the tactics. “Change the style? I don't think so, the style didn't change,” he said. “We just adapted some moments of the game, like the line to have high pressure or not. But our philosophy is to play from the back with possession and try to control the game. For many years everybody said Chelsea were winning but never controlled the game. Now we control the game and people say we don't win. Every player believes in his philosophy and everyone is giving 100 per cent to achieve our goals."

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