Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca revealed that Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson were left out against Brentford against Brentford against Brentford on Sunday to load load management.
This season, the two productive strikers scored either 30 of the 54 goals of the Premier League in Chelsea and were not the only important figures among the replacement pieces. Marc Cucurella, Pedro Neto and Levi Colwill were also on a threatening bench this weekend.
When Maresca was originally interviewed about these five top -class changes, he tried to distract the question. “It’s just the game plan,” the Italian tactician flinched his armpits. “Those who will start, I think will be the right ones.”
Before the game, the interviewer offered Maresca the apology that Chelsea was exposed to a quick turn from her last game. All five players had started the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday evening.
Maresca agreed to this argument. “Also for that,” he nodded, “also because we have players back, so two games in 48-72 hours are not the best that can be done after a long time [out] And we try to manage it a little. “
Jackson had said goodbye to an axis problem in the past two months before returning his long -awaited return against Spurs. The direct striker’s penetrative runs behind Tottenham’s defense in the first 60 seconds almost one goal and his influence was the key to a promising performance.
Palmer also recovers from a fitness setback. Chelsea’s Talisman figure missed his first game of the season in the club’s earlier away games – a sagging 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in March. The 22-year-old only returned to training a few days before the collision with Tottenham after he was equipped in England’s games during the international break.
The sight of Palmer, which starts a Premier League game under Chelsea’s replacement, is incredibly rare. Since the productive playmaker has been the first first -class start for the club, he only saw from the bank once – and that was in December 2023.
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