Maresca on a wild match and £25k fine

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Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca talks on todays crazy 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest which had fights, red cards, Chelsea seeing a £25k fine for yellow cards again and more  06/10/2024  Stamford Bridge, London, UK

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00:00What did you make of that match? It was quite a feisty game, but a good way to watch the game.

00:04I think the first 45 minutes we didn't concede nothing, we controlled the game, we created chances

00:12and the performance was very good because you can get frustrated against this kind of team

00:17but as I said compared to Brighton's game it's a completely different kind of game so you need to

00:22learn how to play. I think the first half was top, then in the second half we conceded the goal

00:27and probably you know become a little bit more up and down but then after we score immediately

00:33and again I think we were in control. Probably the red card, most of the time we think that 11

00:39against 10 is more easy but probably today was even more difficult because they were with a

00:45line of five with more players there inside the box defending and then you risk, you take the

00:51risk to lose some ball and you can see the counter-attacker or set-pieces that they are

00:57very strong, but overall the performance I think was very good and I think we deserve to win the game.

01:04Were you happy to see your team fighting or was it a bit too emotional when you decided to let them win?

01:18No, first of all fortunately I was in my area so I was where I have to be and these kind of things

01:25can happen and then in terms of emotion or these kind of things I think the team

01:32is fighting all together and I don't think some of them will lose their

01:38head. I think they were all of them in the game so I was happy with that.

01:45On the discipline, you've got two players now suspended for the Liverpool match,

01:51first club to have any players get to five yellow cards, you're probably going to get a fine again

01:56because six or more bookings which you had against Bournemouth, are they going a bit too far as well?

02:03Say again, about six?

02:04You get six or more bookings in one game, the club gets a fine, £25,000, you already had one after

02:11Bournemouth, so you're going to get another one after today?

02:15I'm not going to pay, it's not my problem.

02:20But is there a discipline issue with these young players?

02:24No, I said many times probably it's something that also we need to improve but overall

02:29I like the team the way they are fighting, I like the team the way they are becoming a team

02:34in these kind of things so I don't see any problem about that.

02:39But there's a problem for the next game because you'll be without...

02:41Yeah, I know, I know, but now we have international break, we have time to see how we can

02:48organise, the good thing is that they are all ready and this is important.

02:54Just following on from Matt's point there, I mean it's one thing for the players that were

02:59directly involved to become involved in the pushing and the shoving but we did see, I mean,

03:04Nicholas Jackson, I think he'd been taken off and actually came from the dugout to get

03:08himself involved, that's a little bit different.

03:13No, because in that moment I think not only Nicholas was inside the pitch, if you have

03:17looked probably more players from the bench they were inside the pitch, so I don't see

03:21that kind of team, that kind of things. Then if you ask me if I prefer when something like

03:27that happens, players from outside involved or not, I like the spirit of the team, I like

03:35the spirit of our team, so I don't see any problem.

03:38Nicholas, I thought it happened in a small space, you could get in trouble registering

03:42there.

03:43But also someone tried to kick me there, no there, when I fell down, also I was there

03:51like this and someone arrived, so for sure there are things that we can control,

03:57and we can do better, for sure, no doubt, and probably this is one of the things.

04:01But if you ask me about the team spirit, the way they are fighting together, the way they

04:05are doing things together, I'm very happy about that.

04:07Can I ask, sorry Tim, just one quick one, maybe you'd ask when Kukurela came into you

04:12and was pushed by Williams, can you just talk us through it? You were standing up one moment

04:17and the next you were on the ground, you're not hurt, you were a bit surprised, it's taken

04:21aback, you seemed to take it quite well.

04:24Yeah, I was just there, as I said, I was in my area, this is the most important thing,

04:30because if these kind of things happen when you are not in your area, probably people

04:35can say, but he was not where he has to be.

04:38At least I was in my area, and as I said, it can happen, it's not the first time, it

04:41can happen.

04:41You're not hurt?

04:43No, no, I'm okay, thank you.

04:44Liam?

04:54No, I think they are both okay, they were inside, but we'll see, but I don't think

05:00there is any problem with them.

05:02Davide?

05:03Gianluca, 14 points after seven games, are you happy with the level of your team?

05:10Yeah, I think when we start the season, some of us or some of us, or in general, you think

05:19that the second international break you are fourth and the team is playing the way we

05:24are playing, learning to play different kinds of games, for sure it's something that I'm

05:30very happy.

05:31Then, yeah, seven games, 14 points, it's important, but for me it's also important

05:36to see the way we get 14 points, and it has been a different way, different kind of games,

05:42home away, a team like today that they sit back, it's a difficult team that they try

05:48to be aggressive, you have to use different weapons, but I think in general we are very

05:53happy where we are, but for sure we can do many things better.

05:57Roman?

05:58Hi Angelo, I know you just said you are happy with everything, but you got three wins on

06:04the road, but one win at home from four games, why?

06:07And I saw you encouraging the fans, can the support here be better?

06:12Oh, the fans today, I think they were unbelievable, the crowd, it was just I think in that moment

06:17because I felt that in that moment we needed a little bit more, but the way the fans, they

06:22have been until today, to be honest, has been top.

06:25And then the reason why we won game away at home, as I said many times, I prefer to

06:30analyse the game, I think today we did everything to win the game, and we deserve to win the

06:36game, and sometimes you don't score, again against Palace more or less was similar than

06:41today, so I think there is not a reason why in behind in this moment there is why we won

06:48outside away and we didn't win many games at home, but also we played four games in

06:54a row at home now, we won three, we drew today, so it's a good point.

06:59Tom?

07:08Yeah, Jadon was very good, Noni was very good, then when Mischa was inside also was very

07:13good, so happy with all of them, Jadon as I said many times is doing exactly what we

07:21expected from him, so once again it was good today.

07:25And we're finished with Matt.

07:40I think we have 25 players, first team players since the Premier League start, I think all

07:48the clubs they are around that number, so I don't think it's something just for us,

07:53the way we try to do things is to try to share minutes with all of them, and the reason why is

07:58because they deserve it, the one that they played the other day in conference, they did well and

08:04probably today they deserve again, but there was another 11 that did a fantastic job against

08:10Brighton, so we just try to use all of them in the best way, and also for sure when you have

08:18injury or red card like now in the second game that we don't know, Wes and Mark, probably we

08:24are going to use some of the guys that today they were not in the first 11.

08:30Super, thank you.

08:31Thank you, thank you.

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