Maresca on Chelsea 1-1 draw at Utd
02/11/2024
Old Trafford, Manchester, Uk
02/11/2024
Old Trafford, Manchester, Uk
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00:00Okay who wants to get us underway? Simon, Hensley.
00:27Was that a fair result in the end?
00:57We were down. We came back immediately.
00:59And probably after the 1-1, because of the desire to try to win the game,
01:05we exposed ourselves too much.
01:07In the last five minutes, ten minutes, probably we conceded a bit more.
01:12But overall I'm happy.
01:14In Italy we used to say, when you cannot win important, you don't lose.
01:19So at the end we tried everything to win the game.
01:21At the end we didn't win the game.
01:23But it's important to continue in this direction.
01:41Since we arrived, Mo is doing fantastic.
01:46I said during the week, probably the problem with Mo, with Danso, with these kind of players,
01:56is because the club pay them big money.
01:59So people expect always to be the best.
02:02But at the end they are players, they are human beings.
02:05So it's normal to have a little bit up and down.
02:07But Mo, since we arrived, is improving a lot.
02:11We are trying to spend time with him, with all the rest also, to improve them.
02:16And I think Mo is showing how good he is.
02:20Just in terms of that, what is the difference between a player playing really well for Brighton
02:28and then coming to Chelsea with more pressure, having to hit the same standards?
02:36First of all, most of the time in football, one plus one is not two.
02:43Because he was so good at Brighton,
02:46that means that immediately when he joins Chelsea, he's going to be as good as he was there.
02:52Probably he needs a little bit more time, he needs to adapt.
02:55Chelsea is a big club, one of the best clubs in the world.
02:58So also the impact is not easy.
03:01And as I said, when they join Chelsea, because we pay them a lot of money,
03:07we think, OK, now they're going to arrive here and they want to be the best.
03:10But it's not so automatic.
03:12That's why I said one plus one is not two.
03:14You need probably a bit of time.
03:16And now Mo, I think, is showing how good he was this year.
03:32He was there in the changing room with Dijs, so we are waiting now.
03:36Hopefully it's nothing important.
03:38And then I know that you are going to ask me about the referee decision.
03:44They showed me before the press conference, I think it's quite clear,
03:48but it's quite clear almost for all of us.
03:52But the referee is there to take a decision, and he took a different decision.
03:59I just said that for me, when there is no intention to go for the ball
04:03and you just go for the player, it's red.
04:09Simon.
04:11Back to Moy, do you think you have one of the best midfielders in the league now,
04:18or do you think he has more to do to sort of warrant that title?
04:22I think I have one of the best squads in the Premier League, no doubt about this.
04:26And Moy belongs to the squad.
04:28But I know that you are always in my press conference,
04:33and since I arrived I said that the first thing I said to the club when I met the club
04:37is that I was in love with the squad, because I think this squad is very good.
04:41So for me we are one of the best squads in the Premier League.
04:45I said many times that the talent is not enough, we need to build more things,
04:48but we are in the right direction.
04:51Chris.
04:53Some of that talent doesn't help out, but he's just catching high up the mid.
04:58Did he give you any reason why he's running for it?
05:02No, to be honest, he didn't say nothing.
05:05Like I said, I just said to him that when there is no intention to go for the ball
05:09and you go for the player, for the legs, there is no doubt about the decision.
05:14And he just said like this, but the game was finished already.
05:19In your point of view, red?
05:21I think it's quite clear that he's red, yeah.
05:26All good?