Enzo Maresca issues response after six Chelsea bookings and furious 20-man brawl

Chelsea saw their winning tally brought to an extremity astatine the play successful a 1-1 gully against Nottingham Forest and Enzo Maresca has offered his instrumentality connected the behaviour of his players during the match

Enzo Maresca has hailed the warring tone of his Chelsea broadside aft watching Sunday’s gully with Nottingham Forest descend into a 20-man brawl.

The Blues saw their five-match winning tally brought to a grinding halt astatine Stamford Bridge. Chris Wood had fixed Forest the lead, lone for Noni Madueke to reply.

Neither broadside were capable to find a victor but the crippled inactive had a chaotic ending. James Ward-Prowse was sent disconnected for the visitors, portion Chelsea had six of their ain players booked.

That includes Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana, who volition present beryllium suspended for the Blues’ clash with Liverpool aft the planetary break. Tempers flared arsenic Neco Williams appeared to propulsion Cucurella into Maresca, with a 20-man brawl breaking out.

It could spot Chelsea look different £25,000 fine for failing to power their players. And contempt that mediocre discipline, Maresca does not judge his side’s aggression is an contented but did admit that it could beryllium reigned successful astatine times.

“These things tin happen,” the Italian said aft the game. “In presumption of emotion, the squad is warring altogether and I don’t deliberation immoderate of them mislaid their heads. They were, each of them, successful the game. I was blessed with that.”

“I americium not going to wage it,” helium joked astir the fine, earlier adding: “It is thing we request to amended but overall, I similar the squad the mode they are fighting. I similar the mode they are becoming a squad successful these kinds of things. I don’t spot immoderate problems astir that.”

Asked however the suspensions could interaction his side, Maresca was not peculiarly concerned. He said: “Fortunately we person the planetary break, clip to spot however we tin organise. The bully quality is they [other players] are each acceptable [to travel in].

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“For sure, determination are things that we tin power and bash better, for definite nary doubt, and astir apt this is 1 of the things [to enactment on]. But if you inquire maine astir the squad spirit, the mode they are warring together, the mode they are doing things together, I’m precise happy.”

Chelsea present beryllium 4th successful the array up of the 2nd planetary interruption of the season. They person won 4 retired of their opening 7 games and beryllium 4 points down existent array toppers Liverpool.

They could chopped the spread to the Reds arsenic they question to Anfield aft the planetary break. They past look an distant crippled to Panathinaikos successful the Europa Conference League.

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