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Maresca on Palmer and him making Premier League history with 4 goals in the 1st half
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28/09/2024
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on Palmer and him making Premier League history with 4 goals in the 1st half
28/09/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00
I just saw you on the final whistle and you sort of yelled and screamed.
00:04
It looked like you enjoyed that win more than the others.
00:06
Was it because it was a home win or what was the reason?
00:10
No, I don't think I enjoyed it more than the rest,
00:14
simply because I think it was probably our most important game of the season,
00:22
for many reasons, and I was happy for the result, for the performance,
00:27
and as I said, it's always nice to share that kind of moment with our fans.
00:33
Why was it important?
00:35
Because after two wins in a row away, it's always difficult to keep that momentum,
00:42
because many times you can think that two wins away and you can drop a little bit,
00:47
so it was important to continue with that moment,
00:50
and also because the game was exactly the way we planned the game,
00:56
so I think it was a good moment.
01:00
Where does Cole Palmer's performance today rate an individual performance?
01:07
For sure when he scored four goals, but I just said to Cole,
01:10
he scored four, he could score two or three more,
01:12
so it's good that he continues to be hungry, ambitious,
01:16
and I know Cole from many years ago, I had him already one entire season,
01:21
with under-23 at City and then with the first team.
01:24
The best thing he has is that in the way he is today as a boy,
01:28
he was exactly in that way three or four years ago.
01:31
So goals, assists, best player of the Premier League,
01:34
this doesn't change the way he is.
01:36
He's a simple guy, he's a humble guy,
01:38
and this is, for me, the most important thing.
01:42
How special is he?
01:44
He's a top player, and the important thing about the previous thing
01:49
is that today in football, young players change very quickly.
01:53
They score one goal, and they think that they are already...
01:57
And Cole scored many goals, many assists, he's a top player,
02:00
but he never changed, and this is the most important thing.
02:04
We'll go to Liam.
02:06
Palmer's playing a slightly different position in your system this year
02:09
to the way he's often used at Arsenal.
02:12
Do you think you can behave more intellectually now
02:14
in the role he's trying to play?
02:17
We tried to use Cole in that position
02:22
because probably for me it's his best position.
02:25
But he can play as a fake nine, he can play as a nine,
02:31
he can play as a winger, he can play in the pocket
02:33
in the way he's playing now.
02:35
He can play in different positions because he's so good,
02:38
and I don't know compared to last year.
02:43
I said many times I was not here, I don't have an idea.
02:45
The only thing I can say is that Cole inside the pitch is where he's best.
02:52
Andy.
02:53
Just to hark back to what you said to Matt there,
02:56
do you think you'll have to work on keeping him grounded,
03:00
or do you think he'll never get carried away?
03:03
No, I think if...
03:08
Already many good things happened in his life as a professional,
03:13
to give him the chance to change.
03:15
But he didn't change.
03:17
So that means that probably in the way he is,
03:20
he's going to be always in that way.
03:24
I have four kids, I have one boy and three girls.
03:28
My boy is 11 and I would like to have my boy.
03:32
Many things happened and it's not going to change.
03:34
Because as I said, with young players today,
03:37
young people, young boys, they change very easily.
03:41
The best thing for me is that he enjoys football,
03:45
he's always in the same way, and this is something fantastic for him.
03:49
So do you tell your son to be like Cole Palmer?
03:52
No, I tell my son to be in the way he is,
03:55
that I'm happy with that, and Cole is a different one.
04:01
That's a sign of someone who is really quietly confident, right?
04:05
And somebody who is really, really good is usually the person
04:08
that doesn't have to tell everybody how good they are.
04:10
That's usually the sign of somebody who is extra special, right?
04:14
Is that your comment?
04:15
Yeah, absolutely.
04:17
He's a special player, he's a simple guy, a humble guy,
04:21
and as you said, he doesn't need to tell people how good he is,
04:25
because you can see clearly how good he is.
04:41
What would you say about Steve Everton?
04:44
Yeah, I would say exactly the same thing I already said many times.
04:49
I think Karne is a very good player,
04:53
but for the amount of players that we have,
04:57
we probably decided at the beginning of the season
05:00
that for him it was probably better to leave and go somewhere,
05:04
to prove himself playing 30, 35 games than to be here and play less games.
05:09
Then unfortunately it didn't happen.
05:11
He's one of our players, he had some minutes the other day,
05:15
today he was not involved.
05:17
Hopefully we can give him more minutes.
05:31
I think off the ball we struggled first half,
05:34
because they surprised us, they changed something.
05:36
On the ball the game was exactly the way we planned,
05:39
first half and second half.
05:41
Then after time we adjusted a little bit the way we were pressing.
05:44
I think second half we didn't concede nothing in terms of chances.
05:48
First half we conceded two goals,
05:51
and then some moments that for me the reason why
05:55
is because the way they played on the ball,
05:57
they surprised us a little bit.
06:01
But in terms of the way we played on the ball,
06:04
I think we scored four.
06:06
We could have scored three or four more already in the first half,
06:09
to pose a different action.
06:13
And then the two goals we conceded,
06:15
the first one is a mistake, a normal mistake.
06:18
The second one probably is not about trying to play from behind.
06:23
For me it's more about reading the moment.
06:26
We were 1-0 down, then we were 3-1 up.
06:30
In that moment we didn't need to take any risk.
06:33
It's more for them to take risks, not for us.
06:36
But I said to Robert and I said to the players,
06:39
from now on we are going to concede ten more goals,
06:42
more goals, like the way we conceded the second goal.
06:44
Because it's the way we want to play.
06:46
And we already scored goals with Robert involved in the build-up.
06:51
But it's important that after the mistake,
06:54
the team completely continue in the same way.
06:57
That means that they enjoy, they like,
06:59
and they see that also we win games.
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