He believed the team will struggle with his pattern of play and high energy involved with his style but the squad has surpassed his expectations.
The Blues are undefeated in all the matches they have played this season. No small thanks to the possession based football introduced by the Italian.
The former Napoli boss initially expected to fumble at his new club given that his previous teams always took at least two months to get in sync with his ideas. He is shock that the opposite is the reality and he wasn’t shy to admit it when queried by journalist.
‘No, no,’ he said when asked if he expected such a fine start. He continued, ‘Because in every experience that I have had before joining Chelsea I was in trouble in the first two months. I thought that it would be the same here. I think that here I was lucky that the players were able to win without a very good level of tactical organisation’.
Chelsea play Crystal Palace in a tricky match but they should come out on top with Eden Hazard expected to feature for 40 minutes due to a back injury sustained against Manchester United two weeks ago.