Maresca on Chelsea's win at Burnley

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Maresca on Chelsea's win at Burnley  Turf Moor, Burnley, UK.  22/11/25

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00:22OK, who wants to get us underway?

00:24Nizar?

00:25So I was just wondering what pleased you about that performance the most?

00:28Was it the sort of game management side of things and what pleased you?

00:32Yeah, it was a tough game for many reasons.

00:38Again, after the international break, 12 o'clock in the morning,

00:42Burnley away for this type of pitch.

00:46Also, we need to manage players.

00:49So it was a very tricky game and the way the players compete.

00:53Again, another team sheet.

00:55I don't think probably they had just one important chance that was second half.

01:00Then we conceded some chaos inside the box, but it's part of the game.

01:04And overall, I think we deserve to win the game and we are happy.

01:08That was the first time you, as a manager, didn't use Moises Caicedo in a Premier League match.

01:12I don't know if you know that.

01:13No.

01:14Does that say how important he is?

01:16I won't do any more. It's the last time.

01:19But does that also say how good Andre Santos did in the job that he did today?

01:23Yeah, it was very good.

01:24Andre's position is the position that he played today.

01:27With us, most of the time, he's played a little bit more higher,

01:30a little bit in the pocket, but it's because in that position we have Moises.

01:33So we try to find solutions, space for Andre.

01:36But we are aware and we know that Andre's position is the position that he played today.

01:41He was very good.

01:42I think also Jamie Gittens was very good.

01:44So it's important to have all of them on board.

01:47Dom?

01:48Enzo, you've won today, you're hosting Barcelona on Tuesday

01:51and you're three points off the top of the Premier League.

01:54How much are you enjoying managing Chelsea at the moment?

01:57I'm very happy since I joined the club, not just in this moment.

02:04For sure, when you are Chelsea manager, you know that when you lose one game,

02:09it's a crisis and if you lose two, it's a huge crisis.

02:13You have to be aware of that.

02:15But I really enjoy it because also, you know, I like to learn.

02:18Today we expect barely back five and they were back four,

02:22so after 20 minutes we needed to change the plan.

02:25And the player at that, I learned things, so I'm very happy.

02:28Was it good to be able to bring some players off towards the end of the game ahead of a big week?

02:33Yeah, the idea was especially to manage, you know, Rhys.

02:37This is the reason why he played 45 minutes, it was planned.

02:40And then the rest, Pedro and Denso, they had a good international break

02:45in terms of recovery energy and recovery also from the injury.

02:48And yeah, the rest I think they were all good.

02:51I just wondered, you spread the goals a lot around the team this season,

02:57which is a really positive thing.

02:59But do you feel like the team have sort of consistent routes to goal,

03:03that they know where their goals are coming from?

03:06Yeah, we work in some, you know, some patterns for sure.

03:09I said already since I joined the club that I prefer the five players at the front

03:15to score 10, 12 goals each of them, then to have a striker that he scored 40 goals.

03:20For sure, if you have a striker that scored 40 goals, you are happy.

03:24But, you know, I like the winger scoring goal.

03:27I like the winger giving assists like today, Jamie.

03:29Enso arrived inside the box.

03:31Malo the other day arrived inside the box.

03:33So, we work on some pattern to also create chances with attacking players.

03:39Perfect.

03:40And just on that striker point, Liam Durap, since he's come back from injury,

03:43it feels like he had, I would say, a better game today than against Wolves,

03:46but he's still waiting for that first Premier League goal.

03:49Is there anything you think he needs to be working on?

03:51Be patient, no doubt that the goal will arrive.

03:55And the way he works today was very important.

03:57Liam, it's also that kind of striker that it's always, you know,

04:01you as a defender, you are always worried when he's around you,

04:05so that also it's good for the team.

04:07Kevin?

04:08Hi, Enzo.

04:10The first goal with Kukurea in Venn was so far up into the attack,

04:16which is quite unusual.

04:18But is that quite satisfying when something like that,

04:21from a head coach point of view,

04:23when that pays off and finally breaks?

04:26Yeah, absolutely.

04:27I think also the first goal against Wolves, if you remember,

04:30Kukurea was inside the box when we scored that goal today again.

04:34It's part of the game, it's part of the plan.

04:38Sometimes, again, sometimes we use the full-back in that way,

04:41sometimes in a different way.

04:43But the important thing is that they are all, you know,

04:47aware of what they have to do.

04:49He looked like a proper target man number nine when he brought the ball down.

04:54And second half, he also had arriving from second line inside the box,

04:57if you remember.

04:58He had a few moments that they were very good.

05:00Yeah, it's good.

05:02What about creating chaos in the opposition box?

05:06Like somebody coming from...

05:07No, we try to bring as much as a player we can bring inside the box,

05:12because we know that when you have just one or two players inside the box,

05:17it's complete.

05:18But when you fill the box with five, six players,

05:21probably you have more chances to score.

05:23Mike?

05:24Was Rhys James, did he have a problem when he came up?

05:27An injury problem?

05:28No, no.

05:29We planned 45 minutes.

05:30That's why I said we had many reasons to be happy today,

05:34because one of the reasons was also to try to manage players.

05:38That is not easy, because me personally,

05:40I would like Rhys to continue also second half.

05:43But we need to protect Rhys.

05:45Did you say the pitch was difficult?

05:47No, I mean, in terms of type of pitch, in terms of looks small,

05:51not because the pitch was very good, the pitch was perfect.

05:54I mean, the dimension, you know, it's difficult.

05:59Bobby?

06:00You were about to bring Esteban on at the end,

06:03was he disappointed not to come on?

06:05I don't think so.

06:08If he's disappointed, he's not playing Tuesday.

06:11No, no, it was OK.

06:14It's just been mentioned there about the big week,

06:16two big games against Barcelona and Arsenal,

06:19you must be going into that game with lots of confidence though.

06:22Yeah, we are confident.

06:23Yeah, yeah, we are confident.

06:24We are doing well.

06:26Today, we could have done many, many things better, for sure, no doubt.

06:32But at the end, it was important to win the game.

06:35But we are confident and we are ready to prepare Tuesday and Sunday game.

06:40OK, thanks guys.

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