🗣️ Enzo Maresca ahead of @Liverpool_Always [H] in the Premier League:
🏥 On team news:
“Cole [Palmer] is still out.
“Trevoh [Chalobah] is also suspended [after receiving a red card against Brighton], and we have seven or eight players out for tomorrow’s game.
“I don’t have any update at the moment [on Palmer]. We have a meeting this week to see how he is and we will then decide [whether he can return after the international break].”
💪 On his faith in the academy players:
“I think it’s a fact that I really trust the young players, not just the young players we have signed, but the young players from the Academy.
“We gave games last season to Josh Acheampong ahead of senior players who were on the bench. That shows I really trust young players. The same thing happened with Ty [George].
“I really trust all the players we have and at the moment we have four or five defenders out, so we will try to adapt and find the right solutions for tomorrow’s game.”
⏳ On Marc Guiu, who is yet to feature for Chelsea this season:
“Marc is working well – this week he has worked much better compared to the first weeks when he came back. For sure, he is going to get minutes for us and play games.
“He is back at a big club like Chelsea and he is going to get minutes with us, no doubt. And also for me, the development of a young player is not just about the game. ‘It’s about the training sessions and the day by day. It’s important that he’s with us and working with us.”
🤔 On Liverpool, and whether it’s better to face them now after two consecutive defeats:
“I don’t think that now it’s better to play Liverpool just because they dropped points in the last two games. It’s always a tough game.
“For me personally, the way they are doing this season, in any case, is fantastic. Especially after [Diogo] Jota’s tragedy, it’s not easy for the players, it’s not easy for the club, it’s not easy for the manager when you arrive at the training ground and you see every day that place empty. So you have to be very strong.
“And this is the reason why for me they are doing not good, even better than good, even more.”
(Via ChelseaFC & BobbyVincent - Football London)
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