Barcelona legend Xavi has lauded Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri for his style of football.
Chelsea fans have given the moniker 'Sarri-ball' to describe the Italian's tactics.
And with the Blues sitting two points off the top of the Premier League table, Xavi thinks Chelsea supporters have every right to be happy with Sarri.
"I've studied Sarri's football and I like it a lot, both when he was at Napoli and now at Chelsea," Xavi told Italian publication Corriere dello Sport (via Football Italia ).
"He always wants to have the ball and dominate the game. He didn't win with Napoli, but maybe he can do it in London. He deserves it for his work, because he gets his teams playing with fluidity.
"He has great ideas and he knows how to put them into practice. Take the signing of Jorginho: he could have put a phenomenon like [N'Golo] Kanté in front of the defence, but he wanted to develop a certain style of football in terms of circulating possession.
"So he managed to find space for the Frenchman and Jorginho, and now his Chelsea are spectacular."