“He (Sarri) is an excellent coach; fantastic at organising the team, planning ahead of matches and setting up training to suit his plans.
“He got the team playing good football – maybe we didn’t start playing well quickly enough at the beginning, but I just think that was down to the fact that his ideas take a bit of time for players to get used to.
“He’s a very demanding coach, with a lot of training, especially tactical training. It can be tiring for the players.
“Also, I think Maurizio took a bit of time to understand how demanding the Premier League is for players.
“There are times when it isn’t possible to train for a match as much as you’d like, because there are so many games and they are all competitive. Sometimes the players need rest.
“There was a section of the season through the winter where we had a few problems, and the players were almost rejecting what we were doing because they were so fatigued.
“In hindsight, we should have recognised this sooner and made changes to help the players. Eventually we did, and we came good together.”
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