Willy Caballero defends Cole Palmer withdrawal as Enzo Maresca comes under fire

Evening Standard

Chelsea assistant coach Willy Caballero defended the decision to take off Cole Palmer during the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth after supporters at Stamford Bridge reacted furiously to Enzo Maresca’s substitution.Taunts of “you don’t know what you’re doing” rained down on the home dugout when Palmer – who had been one of his team’s best players – was brought off in the 63rd minute as the hosts chased a winning goal to put an end to their poor Premier League form.It is now one league win in seven for Chelsea, though afterwards Caballero insisted that head coach Enzo Maresca, who was absent from his post-match media duties with illness, remains an “example” to everyone at the club.

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00:00Of course, any supporter wants to have their best players on the pitch, and we want to

00:11have the best players on the pitch as well, but Cole is coming from a long, long injury,

00:19so in this case, we need to also find the way to create the right substitutions to go

00:29for the game, and also to take care of the healthy of our players, because we want to

00:34have it for the long, long period and from the rest of the season in every single game.

00:40It didn't feel well in the last two days, it was with a bit of temperature two days ago,

00:49he's done the session in the last two sessions because he wants to prepare well the team for

00:54this game, but after the game he went to the changing room and he asked me to replace him

01:01because he didn't feel well.

01:02He invested a lot of hours every single day, even though the last two days feeling bad he

01:08was there, and he loves to train, he loves to coach, so he's an example for me, for all

01:21all of the stuff.

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