Chelsea suffered greatly over the course of ninety minutes at Elland Road, losing to Leeds United in a careless, error-filled match against their recently promoted hosts. Pedro Neto got Chelsea within one after the Blues were behind 2-0, but Cole Palmer’s return was unable to provide an equaliser.
Instead, the Blues slid nine points behind leaders Arsenal. Enzo Maresca had just watched his team overcome a red card to draw those Gunners at the weekend, but the issue of the red card turned out to be a significant concern, as Moises Caicedo’s suspension was an evident problem for Chelsea.
That game did not go well: “Yes, it was a terrible night. They were superior to us in every way. I’ll attempt to evaluate this game, draw lessons from it, and concentrate on the next.” You were down 2-0 despite having a lot of the ball: “It’s not about possession. You need a purpose for possession. Today they were superior to us in every way and deserved to win. They deserve congratulations.”
Maresca slams Chelsea side for pathetic display
Enzo Maresca appears hopeless when facing Leeds. “They deserved to win the game because they were superior to us in every way. “There is nothing we can take from this game; the only thing we can do is to try and analyse what we did and then reset,” Maresca said.
“Just because we play so well against Barcelona and Arsenal doesn’t imply we will always play the same way because of the players you have to rotate and the circumstances you have to handle. The level won’t constantly be the same.
Here’s one thing you could take from it, Enzo – avoid playing Tosin at the cost of Josh Acheampong, especially when it means shifting Trevoh Chalobah to right back. It wasn’t the only thing that went wrong tonight, but it was crucial to maintain the rest of the team as strong as possible since you can’t play Wesley Fofana and Reece James every game and Moises Caicedo was suspended.
