ENZO MARESCA has the backing of the Chelsea committee – contempt an alarming post-Christmas slump.
The Blues enactment successful a miserable show connected Friday nighttime arsenic they were beaten 3-0 by Brighton.
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AlamyChelsea failed to muster a azygous changeable connected people arsenic they slumped to a 3rd nonaccomplishment successful 4 games.
Maresca’s broadside looked to beryllium embroiled successful an unlikely rubric race conscionable 2 months ago.
But a terrible descent since the crook of the twelvemonth has seen them instrumentality conscionable 12 points from a imaginable 30.
And they proceed to amusement a persistent signifier of question sickness, with nary distant triumph since December 8.
A frustrated Maresca called the Brighton debacle the “worst performance” since helium arrived successful the summer.
He added: “This is the worst infinitesimal since I arrived but we are inactive determination and we request to decorativeness successful the champion way.”
According to The Athletic, Chelsea’s committee are inactive “happy” with however Maresca has performed this season.
It comes contempt immoderate discontent among the fanbase, with the distant extremity astatine Brighton noticeably emptying earlier the last whistle connected Friday.
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The study adds that Maresca was not expected to execute Champions League shot successful his archetypal season.
Chelsea slipped backmost to sixth aft results implicit the play and look an uphill task to decorativeness successful the apical four.
Maresca’s occupation is not said to beryllium nether threat, contempt chants of “We privation our Chelsea back” heard from travelling faithful astatine the Amex.
The Italian besides called connected his squad to summon the squad tone they showed successful abundance earlier this season.
He continued: “We request each of them, successful this moment, to beryllium much positive.
“Because this is simply a infinitesimal wherever we request to instrumentality unneurotic and effort to decorativeness successful the champion way.”
Chelsea ratings vs Brighton
HOW SunSport's ISABELLE BARKER rated Chelsea flops arsenic the Blues failed to muster a azygous changeable connected people successful a 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Brighton,
FILIP JORGENSEN 5
Jorgensen wasn’t each to blasted for letting successful the 3 goals, peculiarly Kaoru Mitoma’s wonderment strike. But Chelsea fans volition beryllium reasoning ‘be cautious what you privation for’ with Rob Sanchez not looking truthful atrocious anymore.
MALO GUSTO 6
Gusto stood his crushed good astatine times with Mitoma one-on-one for immoderate of Chelsea’s amended defending successful the match.
LEVI COLWILL 5
When Colwill mislaid the shot nether minimal unit and stayed connected the ground, making nary effort to retrieve his presumption it summed up his game. Twice successful 2 matches he’s fixed goals distant for being weak.
TREVOH CHALOBAH 5
The centre-back flapped astir erstwhile marking Mitoma for the opener.
MARC CUCURELLA 5
Struggled to support Yankuba Minteh successful cheque and was afloat sat down by the Gambia winger for Brighton’s 3rd extremity – overmuch to the pleasance of the booing location fans.
MOISES CAICEDO 7
Caicedo was jeered by chants of “what a discarded of money”.
But helium has been 1 of the Blues’ lone agleam sparks for the past six months and, adjacent today, helium was Maresca’s champion player.
ENZO FERNANDEZ 6
The Chelsea skipper was unlucky not to person nabbed an equaliser aft rising supra Joel Veltman connected 36 minutes to caput location – but helium fouled the Dutchman successful the physique up. Looked sluggish successful different areas of the crippled though.
NONI MADUEKE 5
Had small power arsenic helium was substituted disconnected connected 20 minutes owed to a hamstring injury.
The Blues are moving retired of forwards with him joining Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu connected the injured list.
COLE PALMER 5
Palmer was reeling passim some halves, perpetually throwing his hands up successful vexation astatine the deficiency of work from his teammates.
He blazed good over, erstwhile helium did person a changeable and the Blues didn’t person a azygous effort connected target.
PEDRO NETO 5
It was not wide what Neto’s intent was connected the pitch, helium lone truly looked bully astatine sprinting and inactive couldn’t bushed Tariq Lamptey successful a 1v1.
CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU 5
Nkunku did a precise bully occupation astatine jogging astir and not doing a lot. Blues would astir apt alternatively spot Jackson starting if helium wasn’t besides retired injured.
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JADON SANCHO 5
Sancho looks arsenic though helium is doing what helium did astatine Manchester United, starting good but going disconnected the boil. In his past 11 games crossed each competitions, helium has nabbed conscionable 1 assist.
KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL 6
REECE JAMES 6
TYRIQUE GEORGE 6
Maresca has had to run with a depleted squad, arsenic Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu precocious joined a crowded wounded room.
The Blues look a pugnacious travel to Aston Villa this weekend.
Maresca added: “We are successful a infinitesimal erstwhile we consciousness we tin concede easy and conflict to score.
“There are galore things we tin bash better. Now is the infinitesimal we request to instrumentality together.”
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