Maresca explains decision not to bring on Palmer in Newcastle defeat

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Enzo Maresca has defended his decision not to bring Cole Palmer off the bench as his Chelsea side crashed out of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle.

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00:00Was there any reason why you brought Paul Palmer but didn't bring him on?

00:05No, no, no. Simply because I think João and Cristão, they were doing very good.

00:12So the reason why was just in case we needed a call.

00:16But because João and Cristão, they were doing well.

00:20So there was not a need to change.

00:22Do you think that was the Carabao Cup a big missed opportunity?

00:26I'm sure the season also focused on the Premier League and the Conference League.

00:30No, we said all the competitions are important, for sure.

00:35But also now we have different competitions that we are still there.

00:43We can be, as you said, more focused on that.

00:46We are sad that we lost the game, for sure.

00:51Because we said many times it's something that we don't like.

00:55But now we have two days to prepare for the next game.

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