Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has reasserted his views that his staff doesn’t have a disciplinary drawback regardless of 5 yellow playing cards being dished out to Chelsea gamers by referee Stuart Atwell in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.
“Once more, we have to analyse each yellow card. However I didn’t have the sensation [against Villa] that there was a disciplinary drawback,” mentioned Maresca, defending his staff.
Maresca himself was served his second touchline ban of the season throughout the Aston Villa recreation, needed to watch from the again of the press field following an accumulation of too many yellow playing cards of his personal. However he nonetheless continues to insist that Chelsea doesn’t have a problem with ailing self-discipline.
Fascinating to notice that Chelsea have twice been handed FA fines this season for accumulating too many bookings inside a single recreation. A £25,000 nice got here after The Blues’ defeat to Manchester United in September, and a £50,000 nice adopted their 2-2 draw at Newcastle earlier than Christmas. Chelsea have been one yellow away from a 3rd nice, value £75,000, in opposition to Villa. Along with this, Chelsea have additionally acquired a number of pink playing cards this season, with Maresca, Joao Pedro, Trevoh Chalobah, Robert Sanchez, Moises Caicedo, Liam Delap and Malo Gusto all given their marching orders within the first half of the marketing campaign.
Decided to finish the yr nicely
Maresca additionally mentioned that Chelsea are decided to finish the yr nicely after dropping factors of their final two Premier League matches forward of the house recreation in opposition to Bournemouth on Tuesday. Fifth-placed Chelsea are 13 factors behind leaders Arsenal.
“It’s turn into essential to complete the yr in one of the simplest ways. For certain will probably be one other powerful recreation, as a result of they’re all the identical. However we have to win video games as quickly as doable,” mentioned the coach.
The supervisor, who led Chelsea to victory within the Membership World Cup this yr, mentioned he was completely happy along with his staff’s efficiency within the first half, after they dominated possession and didn’t enable Villa a shot on course.
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“We should be assured and we have to assume that hopefully we will go shut once more to the ones forward of us. I don’t assume it’s random when one thing constantly occurs. We want to grasp why regardless of if we’re profitable, drawing or shedding, (if) we concede a objective, we lose the management slightly bit. So we have to perceive the purpose why,” he added.
(With Reuters inputs)