E. Maresca: "Better to concede a goal than to play most of the match with fewer players."

2025-09-21 16:37 © scanpix

The head coach of London's Chelsea club, Enzo Maresca, commented on Roberto Sanchez's red card, Alejandro Garnacho's unplayed match, and mentioned another injury to Cole Palmer after losing 1-2 to Manchester United:

"It would have been better to let Bryan Mbeumo score than to get a red card.”

"We still had 95 minutes to go... R. Sanchez knew about it. It's tough... But if you ask me, I would rather concede a goal after five minutes than be down one player.”

"C. Palmer has had this problem with his groin for a long time.”

"He wasn't a hundred percent ready, but the Englishman wanted to play this match... Therefore, his efforts were great, but after 20 minutes he decided it was too much.”

"We sent A. Garnacho to warm up because we wanted to give him minutes.”