Enzo Maresca spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Chelsea’s victory towards Nottingham Forest:”It isn’t good [the touchline ban], I do not like, I want to be within the dugout. It was a great sport, first half we struggled a bit, second half was a lot better and we managed the sport higher.
“We made some errors the place we gave them a lift within the first half, it is higher if we keep away from that. A few of my adjustments [at half-time] have been already deliberate. We all know Romeo Lavia cannot play a full 90 minutes.
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“This season all of the sudden we’ve many accidents. One of many principal issues is to rotate gamers and handle them.”
On goalscorer Josh Acheampong: “He is an enormous title. He scored, but additionally he performed superb. With persona. Since final season we’ve trusted Josh. He simply has to work onerous after which the longer term will likely be on his facet.”
On Ange Postecoglou’s sacking: “They’ve simply informed me. Sadly it is our job. It is a enterprise the place it’s essential to win video games and in case you do not win video games the consequence is at all times the identical.”
Goalscorer Pedro Neto spoke to TNT Sports activities fter Saturday’s victory: “I believed to start with of the sport we began effectively, however after that it was slightly bit tough for us. As at all times, I wish to step up in these sorts of moments.
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“After the worldwide break the final month, we did not begin effectively. We did not win the three video games that we had.
“We would have liked to vary some issues and be extra aggressive and within the second half we saved extra of the ball rating three objectives, and we’re actually completely satisfied.”
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Chelsea are the primary crew to have two youngsters rating within the Premier League this season (Estevao and Acheampong), whereas it is Chelsea’s first time having two youngsters rating in the identical season since 1998-99 (Mikael Forssell and Celestine Babayaro).
Reece James made his two hundredth look for Chelsea in all competitions, each scoring and helping in the identical sport for the primary time since October 2022 towards Milan within the UEFA Champions League.