{"id":11220,"date":"2025-01-21T09:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11220"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:59:31","slug":"coach-maresca-hails-chelseas-resilience-after-ending-winless-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11220","title":{"rendered":"Coach Maresca Hails Chelsea’s Resilience After Ending Winless Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca (44) was pleased as his side returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday, with his players regaining the lead after a late first-half equaliser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea<\/a> snapped a five-game winless run in the Premier League thanks to second-half goals from Marc Cucurella<\/a> and Noni Madueke<\/a> after Tosin Adarabioyo<\/a>‘s opener was cancelled out by Matt Doherty<\/a>‘s goal for the visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following two draws in their last two games after throwing away early leads, Maresca praised his team’s reaction to take the home win<\/a> that lifted them into fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The performance until 40 minutes was very good, then the last five minutes we struggled. They scored a goal and we lost a bit of confidence, which was something that has happened a few times this season,”<\/strong> Maresca told BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We need to learn to manage these situations better. In the second half we started well and scored the goals. Overall I think we deserved to win the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We reacted well in the second half. After five games without a win it is not easy to do that. So it was important to win the game.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chelsea, who had been second as recently as last month, are now on 40 points, four points behind Nottingham Forest<\/a> in third and second-placed Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about defensive miscues, the Italian manager denied that the 27 goals they have conceded in the Premier League had prevented his side from fighting higher up the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If I’m not wrong only four or five teams in the league have conceded less than us. So why (ask about) a defensive problem?”<\/strong> Maresca said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think the balance is quite good between offensive and defensive. Then you can concede a goal in any way.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maresca also stood up for goalkeeper Robert Sanchez<\/a> after the Spaniard gifted Wolves<\/a> the equaliser by dropping a corner that led to Doherty’s strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Is part of our job when you make some mistakes,” <\/strong>he said. “Robert has saved us many times, it happens, no problem.”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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