🗣️ Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat against Atalanta [A] in the UEFA Champions League:

🤝 “After the goal we conceded we lost a little bit the control of the game.

“The first half we scored the goal, we conceded some chances. The second half we had two good chances to score the second one, and then they scored.

“After it went 1-1 we lost a little bit the control of the game and they got the second one. I think both goals we conceded we could have avoided quite easily.

“I don’t think we suffered too much until we conceded the goal. That changed the whole dynamic of the game. After the second goal we had an opportunity to score and level the game, but this is a particular moment for us and we just need to win the next game.”

😬 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟐 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝:

“Probably with two wins and 16 points you can be in the top eight, but I’m not sure about that. Now the focus has to be the game at home and then the next one.

“For sure, if we want to try to finish in the top eight we need to win both. Otherwise we will have to play in the play-off to go through to the next round.”

🤞 𝐎𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲:

“Wes has a problem with his eye. In this moment, it’s quite bad and he is struggling to see a little bit, but hopefully he can be available for Saturday.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐞‌𝐯𝐚‌𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲:

“The idea, the change of Tosin, is because Wes went in to change him. So that was a bit of a force, for sure.

“With one more change, probably there was more chance for Estevao to go inside or for Andrey [Santos] to go inside. But then with that change, it changed a little bit the plan of the game.”

😤 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩:

“Now the game is finished. Now the focus has to be on Saturday’s game because now we need to win games as soon as possible.”

(Via ChelseaFC)

Chelsea are hopeful that Liam Delap will be out for no longer than four weeks after scans confirmed that the striker had not suffered a fracture or dislocation to his shoulder in the Blues’ draw with Bournemouth.

[Matt Law - The Telegraph]

#CFC #Chelsea

Safe hands Sanchez 💙

Chelsea shot stopper Robert Sanchez is your PFA Premier League Fans’ Player of the Month for November 🏆

[the_pfa]

🚨UCL Table after 6 matches.

• As it stands Chelsea would face either Monaco or Leverkusen in the play-off round.

• If Chelsea were to progress to the R16 we would currently face either PSG or Man City.

So much to play for…

🎉 Happy birthday, Victor Moses! 🇳🇬

Our Sydney Super Cup fixtures. 😍

🗣️ Enzo Maresca ahead of Everton [H] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“Cole [Palmer] is ok, he is better and he is available at the moment. We have one more session this afternoon.

“Yesterday he finished the session with us with a mixed feeling but overall he is ok.”

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞:

“He is available, he is fine. He took part in the session yesterday and is completely fine.“

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲:

“We don’t know yet. It could be two, three, four weeks. We don’t know exactly how many days he will need.”

🔝 𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚:

“The good thing about Josh, the moment we give him a chance, he is always doing well. He is going to be a big player for this club, but he just needs to be patience and wait for the right moment.

“In this moment, with Trev [Chalobah] and Wes [Fofana], we have four, five, six games with clean sheets, so sometimes you are also looking for stability. This is the reason why but when you know you have a player that when you need him is always ready to perform, it’s important.”

🥵 𝐎𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝:

“I said already many times, they work every day to play games. The Atalanta game, Enzo [Fernandez], Marc [Cucurella] they are playing many games. It’s normal that the level is not always the same.

“I have no doubt Andrey [Santos] will have his chance, Jorrel [Hato] the same. Hopefully tomorrow - or soon - we can give them chances.”

😤 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞:

“For sure, it’s important but all the games are important. Bournemouth was important, we have Cardiff and then Newcastle, so yeah really important.”

(Via ChelseaFC & BobbyVincent - Football London)

🚨 OFFICIAL: Enzo Maresca has been named the Premier League Manager of the Month for November. #CFC #EPL

Maresca guided Chelsea to wins over Spurs, Burnley and Wolves, alongside a draw against Arsenal with 10 men. #Chelsea conceded 1 goal all month.

Maresca on winning Manager of the Month: ‘’This kind of thing, it's because you do the right things. Performances and results were fantastic. We didn't start December in the way we like. Three games in a row in one week, we didn't get the results we expect, but we focus on the next one."

(bobbyvincent)