Manchester United vs Chelsea highlights, analysis<\/a><\/p>\nAfter their midweek defeat at Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League, this was a big test of character for this young Chelsea side as everyone expected them to batter Man United. <\/p>\n
But it didn\u2019t work out like that early on as Robert Sanchez was sent off, Maresca had to make multiple subs ealry and although they rallied late on Chelsea suffered defeat in the Premier League for the first time this season. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the latest reaction from Enzo Maresca and what he thought about Chelsea\u2019s trip to Manchester United. <\/p>\n
Enzo Maresca reaction <\/p>\n
\u201cThe red card changed the game after three minutes,\u201d Maresca told BBC Sport. \u201cAfter the red card for them, 10 v 10, it changed the game for us. We needed to start in a better way. It\u2019s a red card. [We should have had] a penalty for Joao.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about his subs: \u201cThey attack with five players so the idea was to defend with five players. You can defend with four at 11 v 11. The game probably changed after they conceded the red card also with Casemiro. We were much better.<\/p>\n
On Cole Palmer injury: \u201cCole this morning did a test to play this game. He was not 100%. It was a fantastic effort for the club, for his team-mates, for the team. Unfortunately he was not 100%.<\/p>\n
On Chelsea\u2019s display: \u201cWe need to start the game better. We cannot concede a red card at Old Trafford after three minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maresca to Sky Sports on the game: \u201cVery difficult because after three or four minutes with the red card, it completely changed the game. All the plan is in the bin. So it was very complicated.<\/p>\n
Thoughts on the red card: \u201cNothing. It\u2019s a situation that we can avoid because we knew these kind of long balls for Sesko, they try to flick for Mbeumo. We knew that. Unfortunately we conceded that moment. When you are one player down, it becomes completely difficult and changed the game.<\/p>\n
On quick substitutions: \u201cThey are used to attacking with five players, so in that moment we have to defend with five players. We can defend absolutely with four when we are 11 vs 11, but when we are one player down, the idea was to defend with five.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe decided to change with Estevao and Pedro Neto and the after we changed Cole because he made an effort to play this game because he was not 100 per cent fit. This morning he had a test and he was OK but not 100 per cent fit. So we decided to change him after 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
On United\u2019s first goal: \u201cI just reviewed the goal from the television. It looks offside. But if they decide no, perhaps they are sure it is offside. For sure, that goal is part of the game. What is not part of the game is the red card, which changed the game completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe conceded two goals that we need to avoid. But especially the red card, after three minutes, away at Old Trafford, it becomes difficult for any team. When they had the red card, 10 vs 10, we controlled the game, created chances and scored. But it was a different game, 10 vs 10.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trevoh Chalobah reaction <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to look at ourselves as players. It wasn\u2019t good enough for ourselves, for the club. The first 15 minutes is the worst we\u2019ve played this season. We have to reflect on that as a team and learn from this,\u201d Chalobah told Sky Sports: <\/p>\n
\u201cWith the red card that happens, you go 2-0 down in the game, any team you play against, it\u2019s always difficult coming back. We struggled in the first half.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult going down to 10 men and you can see that United were up for it. They put us under pressure. It wasn\u2019t good enough at our end. We couldn\u2019t get going in the first half.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings like this happen in the season. We can\u2019t say we\u2019re kids anymore, we\u2019ve played in the Premier League long enough now. We have just got to learn from this and move forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were lucky with them getting a red card which made it a bit easier in the second half. We still had a few chances we could have taken but whether it\u2019s ten men vs ten men, it\u2019s always difficult from 2-0 down. We pushed and pushed, but it\u2019s about how your start a game. That\u2019s the most important thing in the football match, how you impose yourself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s something we have to reflect over the last two games, and Brentford as well \u2013 not staring the greatest. It\u2019s making sure the first 15 to 20 minutes we\u2019re imposing ourselves in the game. We need to raise it as a collective.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca doesn\u2019t hold back when sharing his reaction and the Italian coach was no different…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-149890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}