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Sarri angry with Chelsea players: We don't play long ball here!

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri admits he can't be satisfied after their 2-2 draw with Manchester United.

United were robbed of victory by a 97th equaliser scored by Ross Barkley.

According to Sarri, it was a performance with both positives and negatives.

"At this point of the season one point more or one point less is the same," said the Italian.

"I want to play every game for three points. Today I was happy with the performance for 60 minutes because for 60 minutes we played our football. Then after it was 1-1 we didn't play our football, only long balls and we didn't win the second balls. In this type of football United are better.

"I've seen the match from the bench and now I want to study the second part of the match. They have to play my football with character."

Sarri admits his players began ignoring his instructions after United went in front.

"I don't want the long ball, and going for second balls, I want to play with short passes. I don't know. If I knew I would have been able to immediately change the situation. Now I have to study the match. For you a match is 90 minutes, for me it's around four hours."

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