Marc Cucurella reveals 'very difficult' change facing Chelsea and Enzo Maresca

Marc Cucurella is eyeing silverware astatine Chelsea but admits Enzo Maresca's squad are getting to grips with teams mounting retired much defensively against them

Marc Cucurella says Chelsea's caller struggles are each down to opponents treating them with much respect than before.

Enzo Maresca's broadside climbed backmost to 4th spot aft a fortunate comeback triumph against West Ham connected Monday. It was conscionable their 2nd triumph successful 8 games but the Chelsea brag hailed his players’ intelligence spot aft falling behind.

And Cucurella reckons they are inactive getting to grips with teams mounting retired much defensively than before.

“I deliberation present a batch of teams travel present conscionable to support and play counterattacking football,” helium said. “When you person 10 oregon 11 players down the shot it’s precise hard but we request to enactment successful our program and enactment patient, I deliberation (against West Ham) we stayed connected our program and we came back.

“That’s precise important due to the fact that present teams commencement to respect america and possibly they tin not play look to look against america truthful they person to play a antiaircraft system.”

Chelsea’s precedence remains getting backmost into adjacent season’s Champions League, with Maresca stressing they should not get overly assured astir a top-four finish. But they are favourites to triumph the Europa Conference League and look Brighton successful the FA Cup 4th circular connected Saturday night.

And Cucurella added: “I deliberation we are present to triumph trophies. This is simply a large nine and our main nonsubjective is to triumph large trophies.

“We are doing good successful the process and this is simply a agelong season, we request to enactment focused and enactment crippled by crippled to beryllium capable to execute our goal.”

The Spain planetary besides backed striker Nicolas Jackson to look from his hard run. Striker Jackson has not scored since mid-December but Cucurella said: “I deliberation for each striker successful the world it is important to people goals but with Nicolas it’s not conscionable the goals, helium gives a batch to the team.

"He presses precise bully and does a batch of question successful and retired for different players and that is besides precise good. Everyone has pugnacious moments during the play but the astir important happening is that we are with him during this play helium plays a batch and for definite if helium continues similar this helium volition people a batch of goals.”

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