Maresca criticises ‘negative’ Chelsea in Bournemouth draw

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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has criticised his players for changing their style of play after conceding to Bournemouth in a 2-2 draw.

Chelsea took the lead through Cole Palmer but were overtake by Bournemouth and looked certain to lose at home, but Reece James equalised in stoppage time to make it 2-2.

“I think we deserved more, especially in the first half,” Maresca said after the game. “This is football and the bad thing is we change the way we play after the goal. We fell back to defend.”

“Of course the most important thing ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี is to create chances. It happened many times in the last four or five games, we didn’t score and then we conceded.”

“Tonight after we conceded a penalty, we dropped a little bit deep. We need to improve on that,”

The Italian also spoke about Reece James, who came on as a substitute to equalise in stoppage time , saying: “It was important for him because he came back on the pitch and it was important for us because we got the equaliser.”

With Chelsea struggling infront of goal, Maresca opted to leave top goalscorer Christopher Nkunku on the bench amid interest in him from Bayern Munich.

The forward is one of Vincent Kompany’s top targets and could be set for a return to the Bundesliga. With Mathys Tel link with a move to Chelsea in the opposite direction.

If the deals go through, Maresca will be hoping that the 19-year-old can finish off the chances that his team have so far been unable to do in attack.