Former Chelsea defender Scott Minto has labelled David Luiz as a ‘liability’ following the Brazilian’s poor performance in the Blues’ 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, football.london reports.
The 31-year-old Brazilian has been a regular starter at the back for Chelsea this season but has come under intense scrutiny from fans and pundits alike in recent weeks.
Minto is the latest to speak out against Luiz and has called on Sarri to clamp down on his poor performances.
Minto told Love Sport Radio:
I’ve always said Luiz is probably the best ball-playing centre-half in world football but I wouldn’t even put him in the top 20 for defending centre-halves and that’s basically what you want a centre-half to do.
I thought [Sarri] should have taken David Luiz off, seeing what type of form he was in.
It’s going to be very interesting to see whether David Luiz can play in a four.
He needs to make that decision quickly and David Luiz needs a rocket up his backside because if he carries on playing like that… he cannot play like that.
After 10 or 15 minutes, there should have been a switch – either move Kante in front of the back four or take David Luiz off because he was a liability.
There are definitely question marks over Luiz in a back four. Can he defend? The jury is still very much out.
