Enzo Maresca says Leeds better “in all aspects” as he slams Chelsea side for pathetic display

Chelsea are fresh off the pitch after a really frustrating defeat to Leeds at Elland Road, and Enzo Maresca has gone straight in to take his post-match press conference.

The Blues boss wasn’t pulling any punches. He made it clear that what we had seen wasn’t good enough, and there was nothing really to be learned from it.

Maresca says Leeds better “in all aspects” from the first minute

Enzo Maresca looks in despair against Leeds. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

“They were better than us in all aspects, they deserved to win the game. There is nothing we can take from this game, the only thing we can do is to try and understand what we did and then reset,” Maresca said.

“We perform so well against Arsenal and Barcelona, it doesn’t mean we are going to always perform in the same way because of the situation you have to manage, the players you have to rotate. The level isn’t always going to be the same.”

Here’s one thing you could take from it Enzo – stop playing Tosin at the expense of Josh Acheampong, especially when that means moving Trevoh Chalobah to right back. That wasn’t the only thing that went wrong tonight, but given you can’t play Wesley Fofana and Reece James every game and Moises Caicedo was suspended, it was vital to keep the rest of the team as solid as possible.

In other news…

Gary Neville was on Sky commentary duties for the game, and he slammed Chelsea as not good enough in three areas of the team, as well as criticising their general effort.

Pedro Neto scored once again early in the second half to give his team a chance in this game. Sadly it wasn’t enough to make any difference in the end – Leeds scored again soon after.