Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca felt his side deserved better than a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool this afternoon.
The company are nonetheless a chunk in progress beneath the Italian nevertheless confirmed adequate at Anfield to advocate they’ll downside for a top-four spot on the end of the season.
Mohamed Salah’s penalty put Liverpool in entrance only for Nicolas Jackson to diploma at first of the second half. Parity was short-lived, though, with Curtis Jones quickly netting what turned out to be the winner.
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Maresca knowledgeable Sky Sports activities actions: “We don’t want to lose or drop components, nevertheless I truly favored the effectivity. We deserved one factor additional nevertheless the effectivity was good.
“We managed most of the recreation. We had prospects, we had possession. We don’t want to lose, however when now we’ve to resolve on that’s the method by which. The crew was brave on and off the ball.
“I don’t suppose this recreation defines the place we’re. We prepared within the easiest method, it labored pretty properly. It’s necessary to take prospects, nevertheless normal I’m very happy with the avid gamers.”
Returning James echoes Maresca
Chelsea captain Reece James made his first start of the season at right-back after lastly regaining full well being and he moreover felt Chelsea had been unlucky to return residence empty-handed.
The England worldwide said: “Coming proper right here is always strong. I consider we managed most of the recreation. They’d prospects nevertheless we had a few prospects as properly nevertheless didn’t take them.
“We’re undoubtedly shifting within the correct path. The scoreline doesn’t mirror the game.
“If we step once more and check out performances and what we try to do, now we’ve come a good way. It’s nonetheless early days, we haven’t been with the supervisor prolonged.”
Slot observed it another way
Liverpool returned to the very best of the Premier League with the win, having been deposed by Manchester Metropolis earlier throughout the day.
And Arne Slot was delighted his avid gamers found a method to win in what he described as their hardest recreation of the season.
The Dutchman knowledgeable BBC Match of the Day: “Many various video video games had been onerous nevertheless this will want been the hardest maybe because of the amount of top of the range avid gamers they’ve and the development they’ve. We wanted to fight truly onerous to get this one over the highway.”
Slot felt Liverpool ought to have had a second penalty when Jones was launched down throughout the discipline nevertheless replays confirmed Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez had carried out the ball first.
He added: “The game grew to grow to be troublesome for us because of there have been a few alternatives personally that didn’t go for us, primarily probably the most important was after we thought we had the penalty sooner than half time. To go 2-0 sooner than half-time would make a big distinction from 1-0. Then we conceded nevertheless we stepped up as soon as extra and scored the second.
“Throughout the Premier League there are so many good teams so when you want to win on the very least you could possibly fight after which hopefully the folks may make the excellence.
“It helps for many who play in opposition to a Chelsea, it’s an enormous recreation and all people feels it. We felt it and the followers felt it because of that they had been there for us in the intervening time.
“We confirmed up, that was a really highly effective issue.”
