Enzo Maresca said 'the fans can dream' after Sunday's sensational comeback at Tottenham capped a weekend in which Chelsea closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool and moved further away from Arsenal and Manchester City.
Maresca insists he himself does not believe they are really ready to participate in this season's title race. Even if we're joking, their rivals won't 'slide like Marc Cucurella' after his two missteps here led to Spurs' goals.
However, Chelsea's head coach will not try to stop his supporters from dreaming.
“The fans can dream, because from the outside it is quite clear,” Maresca said after his side came back from two goals down to win.
'On the inside, the reality is that we are not ready yet, but the most important thing is that we are getting better every day. Arsenal, City and Liverpool probably don't slide like Marc Cucurella did!'
Cole Palmer scored two penalties – including a Panenka – despite never having practiced them. Maresca added simply, “He's cold.”
Although Maresca was content to play down Chelsea's ambitions to become champions, he acknowledged that the ingredients of this result showed the strong mentality of the youngest team in the Premier League.
“This is certainly an important victory,” the Italian added. 'First of all because of the way it comes about, because to come into this stadium, against this team and concede two goals, but to continue with the same plan, on the ball, off the ball, it shows how the players are mentally at this moment. strong. This is important.
“Since we started, we try to work the way we want to play, both on and off the ball, but we also try to work in terms of mentality and togetherness.
“It's impossible to come into this season thinking you're going to win or compete without suffering or bad moments. We were ready for that.
'It's probably too much to give away two goals after fifteen minutes, but that probably makes it the perfect victory.'
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