Maurizio Sarri vs Jose Mourinho - could this be the beginning of the end?

On Saturday lunchtime Chelsea take on Manchester United in arguably one of the games of the season. If you add Maurizio Sarri's impressive start and Jose Mourinho's struggles to the equation, we are potentially in for a classic encounter.

Chelsea have made a great start to the season and remain unbeaten. If you are confident for the game then make sure you bet on Chelsea with bet on Chelsea with winningsportsbets.co.uk. Many people questioned the timing of the Sarri appointment with just a couple of weeks remaining before the start of the season, however Maurizio Sarri has already implemented significant changes to the way we play in a marked difference from the defensive and restricted play we witnessed last time under Antonio Conte.

Chelsea dominate the ball now in EVERY game, we have had the most completed passes of any team in the Premier League so far with Jorginho dictating play and forcing his team mates to play in the front foot. I do still have real defensive concerns about him but I want to focus on the positives in this article as far as Chelsea are concerned.

The Napoli President hit-out at Sarri after he left the club to take over at Chelsea and stated that he liked to stick with the same players week-in, week-out never looking to rotate players to keep things fresh in their quest for the Serie A title, which prevented the Napoli side from mounting a realistic challenge to Juventus having already closed the gap.

The same can be said of Sarri here with minimal changes being made in the opening eight games of the season so far in the Premier League. Whether or not that continues is yet to be seen but those small changes to a settled side have played a huge part in our good start this year. It's important to note that this is not Italy, this is the toughest and strongest league in the world meaning that Sarri will have little choice but to do so later down the line.

Heading into the weekend, Maurizio Sarri takes his confident and happy side into the game hoping to continue our unbeaten start. On paper Chelsea will start as favourites with home advantage in the early kick-off but as we know in these games anything can happen.

As for Jose Mourinho and his Manchester United side? In my opinion looking from the outside in, they are the complete opposite to us. They are a side lacking identity, lacking ideas and a playing style that suits those who are entrusted to wear their shirts. Despite their impressive comeback against Newcastle two weeks ago, it only papers over the cracks with plenty of problems still to resolve.

Chelsea fans are more than aware of what happens under Jose Mourinho when things take a turn for the worse. It's happened twice here which is unfortunate but it's fact. To this point Jose Mourinho has never managed to turn things around in his favour once rumours of in-fighting are rife and there are United fans already calling for his head for many reasons. One of those is the way they play but everyone on the planet knows that he is for results now and not the long-term. United would have been aware when they appointed him.

The problem this time around for Jose is that he has taken arguably the biggest job in the country when the competition amongst managers has never been stronger let alone teams. He usually takes two-to-three seasons to get it right and win the league title. That has not happened so far after two at United and this season his side look further away than last.

As a result we have seen Jose use his press conferences to criticise the board at United for a lack of signings, calling out players individually at the same in addition to the most ridiculous, staged scene during open training with Paul Pogba to either reaffirm his stance as the number one not to be messed with in front of the cameras. Or, he used it to make a point to the board to state that there are problems between him and his most expensive player to force them to act and pay him off mega money relieve him of his duties. Either way he remains in charge for now but a defeat on Saturday against Chelsea could signal the end at Stamford Bridge - a place he used to call home.

So there you have it, a team under Sarri playing well, unbeaten and happy up against a side struggling, players not sure of their roles under a manager who does not know his best eleven and with in-fighting affecting morale at United.

It's going to be a classic either way but could this one mark the beginning of the end for Jose Mourinho? Will we see Maurizio Sarri continue his unbeaten start? Let's hope so!