Chelsea acquired six yellow playing cards throughout their 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on Sunday and that’s one thing supervisor Enzo Maresca doesn’t see “any drawback” with regardless of the chance of suspensions additional down the road.
Caicedo, Palmer, Cucurella, Colwill, Neto and Fofana had been all disciplined through the Blues’ contest with Forest and these yellow playing cards have propelled Maresca’s workforce to the highest of the self-discipline charts within the Premier League.
Chelsea have extra yellow playing cards than another English top-flight facet with 27, three greater than Man United and 15 greater than Everton and Brentford – at present the best-disciplined groups within the Premier League.
Along with this, Marc Cucurella sits high of the participant’s chart for yellow playing cards with 5, degree together with his Chelsea teammate Wesley Fofana.
Each will miss the Blues’ subsequent sport in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield after selecting up bookings in opposition to Nottingham Forest, but Maresca doesn’t see an issue with this massive challenge in his squad.
“I mentioned many instances that it’s one thing we have to enhance,” the Italian coach advised the press by way of Sky Sports activities. “However general, I like the way in which the workforce is preventing, I like the way in which they’re turning into a workforce in these sorts of issues, so I don’t see any drawback.”
Yellow card challenge is an issue for Chelsea
Regardless of what Maresca says, Chelsea’s disciplinary document is a significant challenge as seen this weekend.
Cucurella and Fofana’s yellow playing cards in opposition to Nottingham Forest will see Chelsea with out two of their beginning gamers for a tricky journey to Anfield to play Liverpool after the worldwide break.
This might occur to extra essential gamers down the road, for instance, Cole Palmer lacking a match in opposition to Man Metropolis or later within the marketing campaign when positions within the Premier League are received and misplaced.
Maresca must get on high of Chelsea’s self-discipline and though it is sensible what he’s saying about displaying battle, the Blues can’t be with out a number of key gamers for large video games.
