Chelsea -Baas Enzo Marseca believes that his blues should be Top Club competition in Europe next season while he is preparing for the Premier League crash on Friday with Manchester United
Enzo Maresca has claimed that Cole Palmer and his Chelsea stars 'earn' to play in the Champions League next season, while he challenged them to 'take responsibility' and to seal a top five finish.
The defeat of last weekend in Newcastle sees the blues only stay fifth on target difference of Aston Villa and a point for the Nottingham Forest. And the finalists of the UEFA Conference League will be without a recognized striker for their last two Premier League matches – starting with Manchester United on Friday evening – after the red card of Nicolas Jackson in St James' Park.
The Italian manager wants Palmer an “important player” in the last home game of Chelsea of ​​an inconsistent season against the Europa League finalists. But after having been in the top five the entire season, Maresca said: “I don't think Cole is the only one in terms of players who deserve (the Champions League).
“I think Moises is also a player who earns the Champions League. Enzo Fernandez deserves the Champions League.
“Levi Colwell The Merit Champions League and this is why we have been there and we are going to try to end there because we have many players who deserve to play in the Champions League in terms of status.
“The players have it to perform? Yes, I have this feeling. I think tactics are important. But it is also important that players take responsibility and also to show the desire to bring this club where this club should be.”
Maresca said he wants a new striker “100 percent” next season. And without the center of Jackson – Pedro Neto is set to return to the role of False Nine – there is more pressure on Palmer to perform. The star of England scored a hat trick against his youth team last season, but he ended only an 18-match goal-dried in their last home fixture.
“He certainly scored against Liverpool in the last minute, a penalty, but his performance has been top in all aspects in terms of sacrifice, desire, teammates help,” Maresca added. “So we are happy with Cole's kind of performance. If he is now able to score and help, we are even more happy.”
At the end of the season, the Italian also promised to assess the poor disciplinary record of Chelsea while they are at the top of the Premier League Yellow Card table with 96.
“It is probably also the way we try to be, intense, aggressive. I don't know I am honest. It is a good question that we probably have to analyze in the summer when we have a day off and to see if there is something that we can do better.”
Jackson was the first Chelsea player to be fired during a match this season when Marc Cucurella was sent away after the last whistle against Brentford.
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