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Hodgson 'Full Of Admiration' For Sarri

When Maurizio Sarri arrived at Chelsea during this past summer he came with the promise of bringing ‘entertaining football’ and called it an exciting period of his managerial career.

On Sunday he leads his team out knowing that he could equal Frank Clark's Premier League record, at Nottingham Forest, of staying unbeaten in his first 11 Premier League games.

Sarri led Napoli to two second-place finishes in his three seasons in charge of the Serie A side and even though fans at Stamford Bridge may not have known what to expect from the 59 year-old there was one man who knew plenty about the Naples born boss.