Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is optimistic his team is not much different from Arsenal and explained that the lack of key players made it difficult to play offensively after losing 1-0 at home. The

Blues were led by Miguel Merino’s header in the 20th minute but could not reclaim the lead, ending a run of four consecutive wins in all competitions but maintaining their fourth place in the Premier League.

“What I can say from both this game and the first game we played against Arsenal is that I don’t see any major differences between us and them,” Maresca said in an interview after the match. “

Since I started working, I feel that the team is on the right track and we are getting closer. We just have to improve in games like this, which may come from growing in the Champions League. “

Today we had a little bit of a problem in the first 20 minutes, but after that we started to control the game and create chances. The second half was more even. The most important difference was the set-piece strategy. “

Robert Sanchez had a good game. He made a lot of saves and was quite good with his feet. There were times when he had a little bit of difficulty. But overall the performance was good. “

Sancho and Nkunku played quite well, I didn’t feel they could have done any better. สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น Of course, offensively we can do better as a team but we’ve had key players injured and it is not easy to create chances against Arsenal.”

Key playmaker Cole Palmer was ruled out with a muscular injury and Maresca provided an update on his players:

“Palmer, Jackson and Madueke are our top scorers and today we didn’t have them on the pitch. It made a massive difference. “

So it is normal that offensively we struggled a little bit, even though before the game we were the second or third best offensive team in the league. “

I don’t think Palmer will be able to join the England squad tomorrow. He has to have a scan. We don’t want to hurt anybody but in this case it is maybe good for him to have a rest, both physically and mentally.”