Enzo Maresca has spent the build up to tonight’s massive game against Manchester United trying to take the pressure off his star player Cole Palmer, insisting that the attacker doesn’t need to score or assist to help his team.
That comes after a long dry spell which Palmer was only able to break with a penalty against Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. Speaking to the club’s official website, Palmer was very open about his struggles this season.
Palmer on his struggles for Chelsea this season
“It’s been a learning curve. I feel in the first half of the season, I picked off from where I was last season,” Palmer said.
“Then I had a little patch. Obviously, that bothered me because when you go from scoring every week, scoring hat-tricks, and then go to a patch when things aren’t happening for you, you think about what’s going on. But I spoke to the manager and people here, and they said it was normal.”
Palmer demands more from Blues teammates
Palmer’s form has mirrored that of his team, not coincidentally. And while Maresca has tried to play down the importance of making the Champions League places as an indicator of how things had gone, Palmer was more straightforward, saying his team “need” to win.
“We had a great start, then a dip, but I feel we have found our feet again. For everyone – the manager, the players, the supporters – we want to make the Champions League. So we need to win these next two games.
“We need to play the way we did against the big teams that have come here. You could see against Liverpool that we were hungry and ready. We need to show the same again and hopefully we can be alright.”
Maresca Pls You Need To Really Win This Game To Prove Your Readiness For Chelsea Job,If You Can Be Able To Defeat Man Utd It Will Be 1 Of Your Best Game Chelsea Vs Man Utd Is Just Like A Champions League Final Try All You Can Maresca To Win That Game Didn’t You Need Champion League Next Season And If You Have No Idea About The Lineup And Formation Against Man Utd You Can Use A 4 3 3 Formation And The Lineup For The 4 3 3 Formation Is
Goalkeeper:Sanchez(He Has No Replacement Yet But Petrovic Can)
Defense:James(Pls In This 4 3 3 Formation Without Jackson,James Can Start Then Caicedo In Midfield Like Just Wait And See),Colwill,Chalobah,Cucurella
Midfielders:Enzo,Caicedo,Lavia(Chelsea Can Play Like This If You Want Lavia To Start In MidField With Moi And Enzo Just Take A Look At This) Then In Attacker
Strikers:Palmer On The Right Wing,Neto On False 9 Due To Jackson Red Card,On The Left Flank Madueke.
Silly title, silly article. What “big difference?”Must have missed it, lol! And why is a so-called “supporter” trying to put our star player against our manager anyway? Answer us that, SuperFrank. Sure looks like you created a provocative lede to your story (which was substantively a nothingburger) to serve as clickbait for your site at the expense of the club you claim to support. We’ve got more than enough noise emanating from the pundit class. The last thing we need is you unnecessarily stirring the pot for your selfish ends.