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Chelsea gamers and Enzo Maresca in his press convention (Photograph by Mike Hewitt/Getty Pictures)
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca gave a brutally quick response to being requested about his motive for leaving Noni Madueke out of the squad for in the present day’s sport towards Fulham.
The Blues suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at house to their west London rivals, with Cole Palmer giving Maresca’s males the lead within the first half earlier than two late targets sealed the victory for Marco Silva’s facet.
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One shock determination from Maresca was the absence of Madueke from the squad, with the Italian tactician explaining afterwards that it was only a technical determination and never something to do with the participant’s health.
See beneath for Maresca’s feedback within the post-match press convention…
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— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 26, 2024
Maresca clearly will need to have felt that Madueke hadn’t earned his place in in the present day’s squad, nevertheless it stays to be seen if he’ll elaborate on this any additional within the coming days.
Madueke has largely impressed for Chelsea this season, although it’s additionally honest to say that Maresca has a whole lot of different choices to select from in assault.
Noni Madueke in motion for Chelsea (Photograph by Mike Hewitt/Getty Pictures)
Chelsea undergo shock house defeat
Chelsea might have been with out Madueke in the present day, however the principle headline is that they suffered one other setback after their draw away to Everton.
Though Maresca has at all times maintained that his group usually are not but able to problem for the Premier League title, there’ll certainly be followers who’ll really feel they’ve under-achieved of their final two video games.
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CFC had been wanting like they may very well be shock contenders on this yr’s title race, however the outcomes towards Everton and Fulham maybe present that Maresca was proper, and that this set of gamers are maybe not fairly able to see out a whole season on the very prime of the desk.
Nonetheless, there may be certainly the possibility for Chelsea to mount a critical prime 4 problem, in order that’s progress on final season, and in the present day’s defeat received’t essentially change that.
