‘We have to be higher’

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca admits his facet are in a troublesome place however is assured his staff can come out of their stoop.

The Blues fell to a 3-1 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on Saturday night, with the London membership dropping to sixth within the course of.

It was their fifth lack of the marketing campaign, the identical quantity as Fulham, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Brighton.

Noni Madueke put the guests forward early on after a mistake from Abdukodir Khusanov however the hosts fought again, with objectives from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.

Maresca mirrored on the match, admitting he was pissed off with missed probabilities.

He mentioned: “The sport began very effectively for us. We scored the primary one and will have scored the second aim two or thrice. The sport would have fully modified. We missed.

“The staff was there however within the final minutes we conceded for 1-1. The second aim modified the sport. Robert is the primary one [to admit] he is aware of he has to do higher. Working laborious daily [is the way to improve]. We attempt to have conversations with all of them.

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“We’re making progress. We’re higher than one or two months in the past. These moments will make us higher.

“We scored the primary one and will have scored the second after which towards this staff and these gamers, the sport is all the time open. We conceded on the finish of the primary half after which the second half was most likely 50/50.

“If you concede on the finish of the primary half, and one of the best ways is to keep away from it. Most likely for me, the sport is completely different if we scored the second.

“We have to be higher but in addition enjoying the way in which we play, we scored the primary one and will have scored the second. If we have been in a position to rating it, the sport may have been very completely different for us.”

Maresca added that he is aware of Metropolis have high quality gamers that may punish any opposition on the earth.

And he as soon as once more defender goalkeeper Robert Sanchez after he was caught in no man’s land for Metropolis’s second.

“They’ve gamers that in any second they will change the sport.

“For my part we’re higher than one-to-two months in the past.

 “Robert [Sanchez] is the primary one conscious of the error. I believe the second aim modified the temper.

“We’re in a second – recreation after recreation it’s an opportunity for us to be taught.”