Enzo Maresca says he doesn’t anticipate Cole Palmer to be affected by his missed penalty throughout final weekend’s victory over Leicester Metropolis.
Palmer’s spot-kick, which was saved by Mads Hermansen, was his first failure in 13 makes an attempt, ending the most effective ever Premier League 100% penalty report.
It means the England worldwide has now failed to attain in any of his final 9 matches throughout all competitions.
Nonetheless, Maresca is unconcerned by the 22-year-old.
“Completely, Cole goes to overlook extra penalties,” the Chelsea boss stated.
“I don’t have any doubt sooner or later he’s going to overlook extra penalties, however he’s going to attain extra penalties. I don’t assume it impacts him in a unfavorable means.”
Palmer skilled on Wednesday after he was absent for the earlier two days, as did Reece James and Christopher Nkunku, although it stays to be seen whether or not they’ll characteristic towards FC Copenhagen at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.
The Blues are 2-1 to the nice within the Europa Convention League last-16 following final week’s first leg within the Danish capital.
“I used to be shocked final week as a result of I watched many video games, they usually have been all the time defending off the ball,” Maresca noticed. “Then, towards us, they have been a line of 5 – even within the final recreation they performed two days in the past, they have been a line of 4.”
The Italian stated Chelsea can be with out the companies of Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke till after the worldwide break, whereas Malo Gusto might return this weekend.
“Now we have two video games, and eventually we now have the worldwide break, the place we will get better the power, we will get better the gamers and go for the final dash,” Maresca added.
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