Waching daily Jan 1 2019

For Chelsea right now, they key to moving up the table remains the movement in the final third of the pitch

It still feels like they are nowhere near as fast as Maurizio Sarri would like, with that further emphasised by the lack of goals - and a striker - up front.

It means that they're having more difficulty than they would have imagined against bottom-half sides, as was the case against Crystal Palace, and as might be the case against Southampton on Wednesday.

While Ralph Hasenhuttl will be nowhere near as conservative as Roy Hodgson, Willian revealed it was something that played on Chelsea minds, as they tried to play through an amassed backline at Selhurst Park.

It took something Sarri would like more of for that 1-0 win: a sudden break into space from N'Golo Kante, and a bit of variation in pass from David Luiz.

They stayed with 11 players behind the ball and sometimes we don't have space, we have to move the ball quickly to find spaces," Willian said

Sometimes it's difficult. For example, the goal we scored was like that. N'Golo goes into the space and David did a great pass.

David has a lot of quality to do these kind of passes. Today wasn't the first time

He tried a lot a couple of games ago. He had success and we scored a goal.". That is perhaps the primary issue going into the January window: scoring, and attacking

Sarri has stated his new preference is to play Eden Hazard as the main forward, and Willian said it is very different to when Alvaro Morata or Olivier Giroud play there.

We have a lot of good players who we can play there in front. When we play Giroud or Morata, it's different to playing Hazard, for example, there

Giroud and Morata they stay more there, to be like a pivot in front of their defence

We know how to play in both situations, so we just have to continue to win.". While there will be a lot of speculation about who Chelsea bring in, Willian emphasised there should be none about his potential exit

His contract runs out in 2020, but he wants to stay.. "I'm fine, I'm fine. No rush about that

We can talk about that in the future, no problem.". Get Chelsea latest news updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing

For more infomation >> Chelsea FC news Willian admit Maurizio Sarri's side find it difficult to play through defensive team - Duration: 3:57.

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Arsenal transfer news: Ray Parlour tells Unai Emery FOUR signings he must make - Duration: 2:39.

 That is according to former Arsenal and England midfielder Ray Parlour. The Gunners suffered a heavy 5-1 defeat at league leaders Liverpool on Saturday

 **PREDICT FIVE RESULTS AND WIN £25,000 - FREE TO PLAY HERE** After Arsenal tool an early lead through Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Liverpool struck back to go into half time 4-1 to the good

 Roberto Firmino completed his hat-trick in the second half to condemn Emery to his fourth league defeat

 Parlour says there is a stark contrast between the Arsenal defence and the teams he played in during his days at the club

 And he reckons Emery must invest heavily in the transfer market to make the necessary improvements

 "I couldn't see Arsenal winning, I really couldn't," Parlour said of the Liverpool clash on talkSPORT

 "I couldn't see them getting a point. We all know the problems, defensively they're just not good enough

 "All over the place at the back, they'll always give you a chance. "It was a real shock for me when they went 1-0 up

I was like 'wow, maybe we've got a chance of nicking a point here'. "But all of a sudden, bang, bang, bang - you've lost the game

 "I played with so many good defenders that were playing for Arsenal. They had two teams really

 "When we had the famous back four of [Nigel] Winterburn, [Lee] Dixon, [Tony] Adams, [Steve] Bould, [Martin] Keown and then you had Sol Campbell come in, Lauren, Ashley Cole

 "All four positions they've got to look at. "Defensively, if you're going to concede goals like that, you're never going to have any chance of trying to win the league

 "And that's where Liverpool have won it, if they do win it, is defensively." Arsenal will look to return to winning ways on Tuesday when they host Fulham (3pm)

For more infomation >> Arsenal transfer news: Ray Parlour tells Unai Emery FOUR signings he must make - Duration: 2:39.

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✅ Breaking News - Huddersfield in talks with teenage Tottenham left-back Jaden Brown - Duration: 0:51.

Huddersfield Town are in negotiations over a deal for Tottenham's 19-year-old left back Jaden Brown

The teenager has been a regular in Tottenham's Under-23 side but is out of contract in the summer

Brown is keen to move and take the chance of regular first-team football. Huddersfield have used Chris Lowe at left back for most of this season

The Yorkshire club are currently in dreadful form, with Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Fulham their seventh straight Premier League loss