Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca reacts to Chelsea's home draw against Crystal Palace
01/09/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
01/09/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00You played pretty well there but just couldn't get enough goals to turn it around?
00:04Yeah, as you said, I think we completely deserved to win the game.
00:09We created chances, we controlled the game.
00:12We didn't concede chances.
00:14First half they just had, I think, one shot on goal with the Wharton.
00:18Second half, the goal that was a fantastic goal.
00:22But yeah, overall, as you said, we completely deserved to win the game.
00:26Unfortunately, we didn't.
00:29The performance, I think, was very good on the ball and off the ball.
00:32Probably after we conceded the goal,
00:34we'll use a little bit our way to control the game.
00:37The game starts to be a little bit up and down, transition,
00:40that for us is not our football.
00:42And especially against them, in transition they are very good.
00:45But then after, we come back in the way we planned the game
00:49and at the end we have two or three more chances to win the game.
00:52But it's where it is.
00:53Can I just ask about the foul from Will Hughes on Paul Parma?
00:56Are you frustrated about that decision?
00:58Especially in that moment, we were 1-0 up.
01:01It probably was the second yellow card.
01:03They were with 10.
01:04The game, I think, completely changed.
01:06And also the reaction from their bench to change him immediately
01:09I think was quite clear.
01:11But the referee thought in a different way.
01:13So, nothing to say.
01:15What did the sports official say to you then?
01:17Were you supposed to report to the official about any kind of indication,
01:20some sort of gesture?
01:21He said that the referee didn't consider us a yellow card.
01:25This is the only thing that they said.
01:27Simon?
01:29How concerned are you about the lack of clean sheets so far?
01:34And secondly, how is Manolo Gusto seeing plenty of potential?
01:39First of all, I'm always concerned.
01:41It doesn't matter if it's a clean sheet or not.
01:43But I also like to analyse the game.
01:46Today's game, we conceded the goal, but we didn't concede any more chances.
01:52So, it's not about some defensive problem that we need to solve.
01:56For sure, we need to do many things better.
01:58But today was not a clean sheet, not because the team was not good.
02:02It was because, at the end, you can concede one shot on goal.
02:05Unfortunately, it was a fantastic goal.
02:07So, it was impossible for Robert.
02:09But, as I said, I'm always concerned because I try to see things, improve the team.
02:15But it's not because we didn't have any clean sheet today.
02:20Then, Manolo, we'll see now what's happened.
02:22It looks like a muscle problem.
02:24We're going to see.
02:26Hi, Enzo.
02:27May I ask you a story that emerged before the game,
02:31that Nicholas Jackson has agreed a nine-year contract with Chelsea.
02:36Can you shed any light on it for us, please?
02:38No, the only thing I know is that he's signing a new contract.
02:43Now, exactly how many years, I don't know, to be honest.
02:47But I know that he's signing a new contract.
02:49How pleased are you about that?
02:51I'm very happy, very happy.
02:53I said, Nicholas, with us, is doing a fantastic job,
02:55on the ball and off the ball.
02:56He's scored already two goals, today he scored again.
02:58He had more chances, but we are happy with him.
03:02It's a sign of confidence in him as well, given that during the transfer window,
03:07I know Chelsea were linked with a lot of players,
03:09but were linked with two strikers in particular,
03:11in Ossie Mann and Ivan Toni.
03:13So, the fact that you didn't sign a striker and now you have faith in him.
03:18But I had faith in the club also, even before.
03:22Not because we were looking for another striker,
03:24it means that we don't trust Nicholas, absolutely.
03:28We trust Nicholas.
03:29I said last week, when the window was still open,
03:32that he's doing fantastic with us, and I was very happy with him.
03:37Going back to the Will Hughes incident,
03:39would you like to see VAR be able to be used for things like the second yellow cards?
03:45I think it's the correct way, but...
03:51If he asks me the same, you ask me the same,
03:53I think there are not many things to add,
03:55because it was clear for all of us that it was the second yellow card and the red card.
03:59The only one that thinks differently is the referee,
04:02but he's the one that decides, so we need to just...
04:05So should VAR be coming in for moments like that?
04:08I think so, I think so.
04:11I asked the referee, I asked the fourth official,
04:15he said that the referee considered that it was not a second yellow card.
04:23You signed Jadon Sancho too late for today,
04:26is he the sort of player you'd expect to win a game like this,
04:29or is he here for other reasons?
04:31No, Jadon is a player that is here because we like that kind of player,
04:36especially in the last third against a low block like today.
04:39But when you face a team like today, a low block, and you don't create,
04:45you can say, OK, we need this player or that player, that position.
04:48But with this kind of game, even with a low block,
04:51we had five, six, seven chances clear.
04:53I think there are not many things that you can do to win the game.
04:58For sure, if you take the chance, the game changes completely.
05:01If they give them a second yellow card, the game changes completely.
05:05But as I said, the performance is there.
05:08I feel shame for the players because they completely deserve to win the game.
05:12This is the only thing we can say.
05:16Was there a slight disappointment when the window ended,
05:19shared by you and the directors, that you didn't get a striker?
05:24We want a player, but first of all we want the player that we decide,
05:29and then the condition has to be our condition.
05:32So if the player is not here, that means the condition was not good for us.
05:38You're just going to have to see how you go through the season
05:41before deciding whether to revisit January?
05:44Yeah, we'll see now. From here to January, I don't know the amount of games we have.
05:49I like to focus, I told you many times, in the next days.
05:55So we're going to see in January.
05:57But as I said, I feel shame for them because when you finish the game
06:02you can see the frustration also from the players.
06:06But in the way we play today, I think we are going to win games.
06:10Can I just ask how you feel about visiting Kazakhstan in December?
06:17Tomorrow we are off, then we have a three-day session,
06:20and then three days off.
06:22Now Kazakhstan in December is too far.
06:29All good? Thank you.