Enzo Maresca emphasized that his team is making progress at Chelsea, despite the fact that their inconsistent Premier League form continues with a 3-1 defeat against Manchester City.
Maresca watched how the third minute of Noni Madueke was canceled on Saturday in the Etihad Stadium by goals from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.
Since the turn of the year have The Blues Only one of their last four Premier League matches won, so that they have disappeared from the top four after a strong start of the top four.
After not being able to win two of their first eight away games under Maresca (W6 D1 L1) this season, Chelsea has not succeeded in winning each of their last four games on the road (D2 L2).
Chelsea ended the match with an expected number of goals (XG) of only 1.61 from their 10 shots compared to the 2.7 of their opponents from their 15 attempts to the goal of Robert Sanchez.
Maresca explained that the goal of Haaland, that Pep Guardiola's team gave the lead, was the difference during the game, where the Chelsea boss said that Sánchez recognized his mistake.
“The game started very well for us. We scored the first and could have scored the second goal two or three times. The game would have changed completely,” said Maresca.
“The team was there, but in the last minutes we received the 1-1. The second goal changed the game. Robert is the first.” [to admit] He knows he should do better.
'Work hard every day [is the way to improve]. We try to have a conversation with all.
“We are making progress. We are better than one or two months ago. These moments will make us better.”
No player has made more mistakes this season that led to a goal in the Premier League than Sánchez, with the five of them ever (since 2007-2008) by a Chelsea player in one season.
Chelsea captain Reece James repeated his manager's thoughts and suggested that happiness was not on the side of the blues during their recent slumps.
“It is frustrating not to get away with anymore,” James told Sky Sports. “I think we are making progress. We will give everything and hopefully the results will be [start to] Show that.
“If the ball does not fall for you, it is difficult. We have been together for less than a year and they have been together for seven years.
“Many people talk about the top four, but we watch the competition for competition.”
Chelsea will be back in action on Monday in a week when they take on the London rival West Ham on Stamford Bridge, which is now managed by the former boss Graham Potter.
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