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Enzo Maresca says his Chelsea facet deserved to beat Brentford, regardless of a shaky end at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues ran out 2-1 winners however had their backs towards the wall within the ultimate 10 minutes after Bryan Mbeumo pulled a purpose again and Marc Cucurella was despatched off.
Chelsea went forward by their full-back simply earlier than half-time, who flicked a header into the again of the web after a collection of crosses from the hosts had put the Bees beneath critical stress.
It regarded just like the Blues would rue their missed possibilities, significantly Nicolas Jackson, who missed an absolute sitter within the match.
With an open purpose to purpose at, his first-time shot from a cross flew over the bar and into the stands.
However the Senegal worldwide had his purpose within the eightieth minute, latching on to an Enzo Fernandez by ball and drilling into the nook.
Cucurella gifted Brentford possession and Mbeumo capitalised by sliding the ball previous Robert Sanchez with just some minutes to go.
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The Spaniard was then dismissed after the ultimate whistle to place a slight dampener on proceedings.
However, Maresca maintained a optimistic perspective in his post-match press convention.
He mentioned: “We have been in command of the sport besides the final 10 minutes the place we concede. It’s regular.
“We created possibilities. We might have scored extra. We deserved to win the sport.”
“It’s all concerning the place. It’s important to be in the appropriate place and if you’re you’ll have an opportunity.
“We labored with Marc on this sport to reach and be in the appropriate place. We’re very completely happy. It’s not one thing regular as a result of he’s not a giant full-back. We labored within the week for this type of answer and we’ve been fortunate.
“I mentioned after the Tottenham sport he [Jackson] didn’t rating however he did an important factor. The remaining have been celebrating and he was the one one going for the ball. Off the ball he labored arduous.
“Simply two groups have conceded lower than us. Defensively we’re not doing unhealthy. We’d like to finish with a clear sheet however there’s one other staff making an attempt to attain.”
He left with a departing touch upon the title race, including: “It’s not about what number of video games we win. It’s about being life like. There are issues now we have to do higher. That’s why I mentioned for me we’re not prepared.”
