‘Maresca’ accepts the tough game against the Hammers.

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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca admitted that the home win over West Ham last night was another tough game and a great test of the team’s mentality.

Chelsea had a chance to take the lead in the first half and created many dangerous chances but ended the break trailing after a miscue that led to Jarrod Bowen’s goal. However, the Blues

responded well before substitute Pedro Neto followed up Enzo Fernandez’s shot before Cole Palmer’s cross deflected over Alphonse Areola ten minutes later to score the winner. “The

important thing was the performance. We totally deserved to win the game,” Maresca said to เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง.

“I’m very happy, especially because I think tonight was the toughest game in terms of mentality because at this moment many teams come here playing defensively and waiting for us to make mistakes, not giving us space to attack. And we had to be patient.

“In the first half, we tried and played in the opposition half but there was no space. We had 11 men in the half with Jarrod Bowen marking Caicedo, they let us play with Tosin, they tried to frustrate us and mentally you have to be strong. “

Even so, in the first half we had four or five clear chances but unfortunately we missed them. Then we conceded the goal through our own mistakes. “

That’s why I said mentally you have to be strong because my message to them at half-time was: don’t change anything, keep doing the same thing because they cannot play like that for 95 minutes. It’s impossible because they can only run after the ball.

“In the second half we found a bit more space and the players off the bench did really well, so I’m very happy with that.”