December 24, 2024
Enzo Maresca says Chelsea cannot afford to rely on Cole Palmer with Joao Felix a potential solution to freeing up space for the England international. Chelsea host Fulham on Boxing Day looking to keep tabs on leaders Liverpool.
00:00 Pleasantly surprised where you are, tenth last year? We said many times we are ahead of our expectation
00:38 Keeping pressure off players now? It's not about that, it's just about the reality, I would like to have that kind of pressure and hopefully soon we can
01:27 Anticipating a tough spell which will be the test for you? Yes it's important to see how we manage that moment but we are just focused now
02:05 Confident given Chelsea's record at Fulham? It's football! I don't pay attention to the past, just focused on how we can beat them
02:58 Marco Silva and Fulham? Fantastic, many years together and clear what they do, could have some injuries and could change
03:23 Busy window? For us the main focus is our clear idea about the players, some players might leave because they're not playing but not paying attention to it right now
03:52 Christmas celebrations? We celebrate tonight in Italy! Dinner with family and enjoy that
04:20 Lavia is still recovering but much better, not ready though
04:35 Same long term injuries
04:40 How do you help a player to be clinical? It's not even experience it's just sometimes you score and sometimes you miss, Everton have seven clean sheets, I was very happy with the togetherness
05:45 Palmer not having much space, could anyone have done differently? The next step for Cole is to manage that moment, one of the solution could be Joao or both together, we can't rely on Cole every game
06:38 It's good to be open minded but it's good that the players focus on what they have to do, most or always we try to explain to them, we are very happy with Enzo, played as a holding midfielder and then in the pocket against Everton, growing in leadership
07:50 What tactical battle do you expect? We don't know how they will play, sometimes four sometimes five at the back
08:22 Mudryk time away from Chelsea? In this moment it's good that he can disconnect
08:50 We try to support him and now we're just waiting
09:00 Hit post and crossbar most times? We can control the way we want to play on and off the ball but can't control the result, hopefully we can be more lucky!
09:55 Liverpool's title to lose? For sure the reality says we are second, when it's almost halfway the table reflects a bit more, Liverpool are doing fantastic since the first day and the squad is one that have already lived winning trophies, Carabao cup final last year showed their experience
11:12 Manchester City at the end will be there, they are in a moment that never happened before and have injuries every game
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