Chelsea secured all the three points in the Premier League after beating Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United in the weekend by 2-1 at home. After their loss against Liverpool in the last Premier League match, this win over the Magpies was very important for the Blues. Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is very happy with his team’s performance and looking forward to continuing this form.
Chelsea narrowed down the gap between the top four position after their win over Newcastle United
The Blues were pushed out from the top four spot in the Premier League table by Liverpool after their loss against the Reds. Now, after the win over the Magpies helped Chelsea to narrow down the gap between the top four positions. Currently, Chelsea are in the fifth position in the league with 17 points in the first nine matches in the Premier League.
After Chelsea’s win over Newcastle, in the post-match conference, Enzo Maresca shared his thoughts on the team’s performance. The Italian manager is very happy with the performance of his team. He also talked about the brilliant performance of Chelsea’s number twenty Cole Palmer.
Enzo Maresca praised the team’s performance
While talking about the team’s performance, according to the news published by Football London, the Chelsea boss said,
“Overall, I’m very happy with the performance today. For some moments on the ball, we were unbelievable, some good combinations. The way we prepared the game, the plan, it was exactly there. Off the ball we fight together, they deserved three points. That’s important.”
Cole Palmer of Chelsea had a great game against Newcastle United
And when he was asked about the performance of Cole Palmer in the game against Newcastle, he replied,
“I said many times, for me, the best thing about Cole is that he has never changed. I had him three, four, five years ago and he is exactly the same way. In the end, the reason why people come to the stadium is to see people like him, so they pay to see that kind of player. We are happy to have him.”
Cole Palmer was under the supervision of Enzo Maresca during his time at Manchester City Academy. So, both of them know each other well. Enzo Maresca wants to work on that Chemistry more and more.
Enzo Maresca used Reece James in the left rather than right-back position
Enzo Maresca positioned Reece James in the left-back position rather than his usual right-back position. However, despite changing his position, Reece James had an outstanding game against Newcastle United. The 24-year-old made very crucial clearances to deny the Magpies to make the comeback in the match.
After the game, when Enzo Maresca was asked about the different positioning of Reece James, the Italian manager replied,
“I think it worked top. We tried to do something – we moved Reece to the left side and we also moved for the first game of the season, Cole to the left pocket and the reason was to try and attack on that side. Malo in the right pocket, I think it worked very well.”
Since the first match of this season, Enzo Maresca often used players for different position rather than their natural position. So, this is normal under Enzo Maresca. For example, recently Malo Gusto was being used by Enzo Maresca in the left-back position when Marc Cucurella was not available.
Enzo Maresca also talked about the performance of Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo in the midfield zone. Maresca is very happy with the performance of both of them. Apart from that the Chelsea boss also backed Robert Sanchez’s performance although the Spaniard had a very decent game.
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