Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has been talking to the media earlier than Saturday’s Premier League recreation in opposition to at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 17:30 BST).
Listed here are the important thing traces from his information convention:
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Maresca confirmed there can be a “assembly” about Cole Palmer in the course of the worldwide break to evaluate when he can return. He additionally added that they are going to be with out eight gamers on Saturday, together with suspended Trevoh Chalobah.
The Chelsea boss feels they did “very, very effectively” within the first 4 or 5 video games of the season, however latest ones have been extra “difficult” due to pink playing cards and the harm state of affairs. He added: “Slowly, we are going to once more be the place we must be.”
On whether or not the Blues have a self-discipline downside: “You need to analyse [them] case by case – whether or not it is a pink card for dangerous intention or for dangerous self-discipline. The and pink playing cards are completely different. It is the choice that you simply absorb two or three seconds – whether or not or not you foul. It is troublesome.”
He added: “I do not see any self-discipline downside. Even when we concede pink playing cards, it is not an issue. It is for various causes.”
Clarifying earlier feedback round Liverpool being inconceivable to catch, Maresca defined: “There may be vulnerability about every thing on the earth, not simply Liverpool. After 5 video games, they’d 15 factors, however now they misplaced one or two video games and that exhibits there may be vulnerability.. In Premier League you possibly can drop factors in opposition to any staff.”
On whether or not the Reds are the measuring stick for Chelsea: “Sure, I think about them the most effective staff, at this second, in England. We’re enhancing, attempting to resolve issues and discover options. On the finish, we’re going to be there shut.”
Striker Marc Guiu, who was recalled from his mortgage at however has but to characteristic, has been “significantly better [in training] in comparison with the primary weeks” and “will get minutes and video games”.
On whether or not he would think about enjoying Estevao Willian as a quantity 10 in Palmer’s absence: “Estevao jogs my memory of Cole when Cole was with me within the under-23s at Cole’s path is much like Estevao path – beginning huge as winger after which slowly shifting inside. The Premier League is completely different to different leagues – you must be bodily ready to be quantity 10. Cole developed that and I see Estevao in identical means.”