Maresca reacts to Chelsea's home draw against Crystal Palace

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Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca reacts to Chelsea's home draw against Crystal Palace  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.

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