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Maresca also said it was unfair Premier League required Chelsea to play Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday and Brentford three days later due to a lack of recovery time.
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Given five points separate Chelsea in fourth and Fulham in eighth, with fourth and fifth set to be enough for Champions League qualification, the difference between which competition the Blues and th...
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Various sources back Enzo Maresca to take major risk with key player against Brentford | OneFootball
We wrote yesterday that Nicolas Jackson had to be at least a doubt for today’s game against Brentford because of the fact he started and played the majority of Thursday’s game against Tottenham after two months out.
Chelsea had 24 hours less than Brentford to prepare for the west London derby, having played Tottenham at home on Thursday.
By the hour mark, Palmer and Neto joined Jackson as Maresca called on the cavalry in a bid to assert dominance over a Brentford side who had hit the post through Yoane Wissa in the first half and come very close to scoring through Keane Lewis-Potter’s parried header.
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Hugh: No he was not right! If you have injuries or a player is out of form, then yes you have to make changes. But that performance v Spurs was a move in the right direction - so he changes the team and destroys the momentum! Surely he can see that!
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Brentford game, and it’s been just the sort of game we expected.Tough, physical, intense. The home team are in our faces and causing a lot of threat