Enzo Maresca on whether Cole Palmer’s goalscoring drought is a mental/tactical/technical issue:

🧠 “For sure, it’s mental. I don’t think it’s tactical, I don’t think it’s technical, because Cole is still the same player who scored this season with us.

“The style of football we play is the same one. The manager is the same one. The club is the same one. So nothing changes around Cole and Cole doesn’t change. It’s just mentally at this moment. For sure, you can see that he is a little worried because he wants to help the team.

“For sure, Cole is going to score goals. We always try to set up our game to put our best player in condition to be dangerous. We have done since we started. We are doing that every game.

“If you go back game by game, he had at least one or two chances every game so it’s not about how the team is playing. If you want to see it as the team playing a different way, you’ve seen it that way, but the reality is not that.

“It’s just football, that in this moment he is missing the goal. No more than that.”

Palmer has gone 16 games without scoring for the Blues.

(Via Simon Johnson - The Athletic)

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How we line-up 🆚 Everton! ✊

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— Mykhailo Mudryk is provisionally suspended from football after a positive doping test.

— Marc Guiu remains out due to a leg injury, but could return in 1-2 week(s).

— Aaron Anselmino remains injured.

— Wesley Fofana is out for the remainder of the season with a hamstring injury.

— Malo Gusto is unavailable through a minor injury suffered against Fulham.

Feel free to leave your thoughts! 🔵⬇️

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Enzo Maresca hints that he wants more experience in his squad:

👶 “We are not [just] young. We are the youngest team in the Premier League. And the second in European football. Look at the games against Brighton away and see our bench, we have three players born in 2006.

“I don’t remember years ago, for instance, when [Didier] Drogba was here and the manager changed Drogba who was on the bench. Fernando Torres? I don’t know. I don’t remember. Now we change Nico [Jackson] with 2006, Tyrique [George] from the academy. You see that? I see that.”

💯 𝐎𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐣𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝:

“I love Van Dijk. He’s a fantastic player and he’s going to be at Liverpool again. In terms of experience, I think next year our squad will have more experience and then we can be better. For sure, when you have experience you have something more, no doubt.

“But the ones that struggle this year in terms of experience, they have already one more year in terms of experience. Next year they can be better.”

👀 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬:

“Absolutely, yes. Because today football is not five or 10 years ago, when the rules were different.

“So according to today’s rules, you have to be careful how much you spend. So it will be a completely different kind of target if we finish in the Champions League.”

(Via Matt Law - The Telegraph)

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Enzo Maresca takes charge of his 50th game as Chelsea head coach today 👏💙

The Italian won’t be on the touchline today as he’s got a one-match ban, but he’s still the man in charge 👔

🎙 Marc Cucurella speaking to TNT Sports: "The morale is good. Today is a very important game for us. We had a good comeback last weekend so today we have a good opportunity to get another three points and be ready for the last games.

The fans need to stay with us. We will have moments that we need to suffer but if we stay together we can do it. We have prepared well for the game and we know it is massive for us. We are going all out for everything."

~ BBCSport

#Chelsea 0-0 Everton: We're underway at Stamford Bridge.

GOAL! #Chelsea 1-0 Everton [27’].

WHAT A GOAL BY NICOLAS JACKSON !!!!!!

#Chelsea 1-0 Everton: 30 minutes played. Thoughts so far, Blues? 🔵

Everton’s xG after 40 minutes: 0.00. 😲

Nicolas Jackson has now scored 36 league goals combined for Villarreal and Chelsea.

Today is the first time he has ever scored from outside the box. ⚽️

🔗 Squawka

HT: #Chelsea 1-0 Everton

- Caicedo on Ndiaye has been good to watch
- Lavia’s stability in midfield is very evident
- Chalobah can defend when he wants to defend, Colwill has done well too, Cucurella solid as always
- Jackson has clocked 10 goals in back to back seasons
- Madueke and Neto have been electric down the flanks
- Enzo keeps the assists coming

Thoughts, Blues? 🔵

#Chelsea 1-0 Everton: Back underway for the second half at Stamford Bridge.