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title: "Sarri isn’t thinking about potential to set record on Sunday"
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author: "Elliott Cuff"
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published: "2018-11-02T20:39:17Z"
modified: "2018-11-02T20:39:17Z"
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# Sarri isn’t thinking about potential to set record on Sunday

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri claims he is not thinking about the potential to set a new record against Crystal Palace this weekend.

If the Blues avoid defeat against the Eagles, it would mean the club would have gone 11 games unbeaten under their new boss –  a record for a new Premier League manager in his debut season.

![Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1054627838.jpg)

However, Sarri claims he isn’t thinking about the record, and is instead choosing to focus on the task at hand. Talking ahead of the Sunday afternoon fixture, Sarri said:

> I don’t want to think about the record.

> We have to think only about the match. We have to think only about how to gain points. The record is only a consequence.

Sarri also explained that Eden Hazard, who has been nursing a back injury, is expected to return as a substitute at Stamford Bridge. Sarri continued:

> Yesterday he had a large part in training and maybe he will not be ready to play 90 minutes at the moment because that was his first training in the last two weeks.

> Probably he will be able to play 40 or 45 minutes and for us that is important. But I want to speak to him first.