Maresca on Chelsea 1-1 draw at Utd

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Maresca on Chelsea 1-1 draw at Utd  02/11/2024  Old Trafford, Manchester, Uk

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00:00Okay who wants to get us underway? Simon, Hensley.

00:27Was that a fair result in the end?

00:57We were down. We came back immediately.

00:59And probably after the 1-1, because of the desire to try to win the game,

01:05we exposed ourselves too much.

01:07In the last five minutes, ten minutes, probably we conceded a bit more.

01:12But overall I'm happy.

01:14In Italy we used to say, when you cannot win important, you don't lose.

01:19So at the end we tried everything to win the game.

01:21At the end we didn't win the game.

01:23But it's important to continue in this direction.

01:41Since we arrived, Mo is doing fantastic.

01:46I said during the week, probably the problem with Mo, with Danso, with these kind of players,

01:56is because the club pay them big money.

01:59So people expect always to be the best.

02:02But at the end they are players, they are human beings.

02:05So it's normal to have a little bit up and down.

02:07But Mo, since we arrived, is improving a lot.

02:11We are trying to spend time with him, with all the rest also, to improve them.

02:16And I think Mo is showing how good he is.

02:20Just in terms of that, what is the difference between a player playing really well for Brighton

02:28and then coming to Chelsea with more pressure, having to hit the same standards?

02:36First of all, most of the time in football, one plus one is not two.

02:43Because he was so good at Brighton,

02:46that means that immediately when he joins Chelsea, he's going to be as good as he was there.

02:52Probably he needs a little bit more time, he needs to adapt.

02:55Chelsea is a big club, one of the best clubs in the world.

02:58So also the impact is not easy.

03:01And as I said, when they join Chelsea, because we pay them a lot of money,

03:07we think, OK, now they're going to arrive here and they want to be the best.

03:10But it's not so automatic.

03:12That's why I said one plus one is not two.

03:14You need probably a bit of time.

03:16And now Mo, I think, is showing how good he was this year.

03:32He was there in the changing room with Dijs, so we are waiting now.

03:36Hopefully it's nothing important.

03:38And then I know that you are going to ask me about the referee decision.

03:44They showed me before the press conference, I think it's quite clear,

03:48but it's quite clear almost for all of us.

03:52But the referee is there to take a decision, and he took a different decision.

03:59I just said that for me, when there is no intention to go for the ball

04:03and you just go for the player, it's red.

04:09Simon.

04:11Back to Moy, do you think you have one of the best midfielders in the league now,

04:18or do you think he has more to do to sort of warrant that title?

04:22I think I have one of the best squads in the Premier League, no doubt about this.

04:26And Moy belongs to the squad.

04:28But I know that you are always in my press conference,

04:33and since I arrived I said that the first thing I said to the club when I met the club

04:37is that I was in love with the squad, because I think this squad is very good.

04:41So for me we are one of the best squads in the Premier League.

04:45I said many times that the talent is not enough, we need to build more things,

04:48but we are in the right direction.

04:51Chris.

04:53Some of that talent doesn't help out, but he's just catching high up the mid.

04:58Did he give you any reason why he's running for it?

05:02No, to be honest, he didn't say nothing.

05:05Like I said, I just said to him that when there is no intention to go for the ball

05:09and you go for the player, for the legs, there is no doubt about the decision.

05:14And he just said like this, but the game was finished already.

05:19In your point of view, red?

05:21I think it's quite clear that he's red, yeah.

05:26All good?

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