Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca admitted Chelsea exceeded their expectations after coming again robust to win 4-3 at Tottenham this afternoon.
The West London facet went 2-0 down inside 11 minutes after two targets from Marc Cucurella, who appeared to have the improper boot, however fought again to maneuver 4 factors behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Cole Palmer scored two penalties with Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez as Chelsea secured their fourth straight win in all competitions.
Cole Palmer breaks by the Tottenham protection and Enzo Fernandez is there to complete with an excellent strike 💫 pic.twitter.com/UofYO0PxY4
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Maresca took over in the summertime after main Leicester to promotion final season and the Italian has been spectacular to this point at Stamford Bridge.
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Requested if he was stunned by his progress, he instructed BBC Radio 5 Stay: “Completely, 100 per cent. We’re forward of my expectations, when it comes to the way in which we play soccer, off the ball and outcomes.
“We modified seven gamers tonight and we’ll change them on Thursday and Sunday as a result of they’re good and so they all must play.
“Mentally we present how robust we’re. Total we deserved to win the sport.
“In soccer I believe, even when we misplaced the 2 targets, we performed very nicely. The group performed very nicely after which within the second half, till the final 5 minutes we didn’t concede something and we created alternatives. We needed to win the sport.”
Palmer’s cool stars
Palmer was additionally within the lead, the English worldwide made an amazing efficiency that achieved his two targets – the second place was a shot to the thrilling Panenka.
“I’ve recognized Cole for a very long time and I’ve all the time trusted him,” Maresca added. “He is a tremendous man. He is studying to play the sport the place he is recognized man to man, (Yves) Bissouma was with him each recreation.
“He’s studying, enhancing and scoring targets. That makes him completely satisfied and it makes us completely satisfied.”
When requested about Cucurella’s boots, Maresca mentioned: “He instructed me after the sport that he was attempting to deliver some consideration to the sport!
“It is a query for Marc. He’s mature sufficient to decide on the footwear he wants for the sport. Crucial factor is that we had been 2-0 however we continued in the identical strategy to create alternatives.”