Maresca on Chelsea's comeback in entertaining Bournemouth draw
14/01/2025
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
14/01/2025
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00How pleased are you for Rhys to have that moment in front of the fans today?
00:27Very happy for him. He deserved after a difficult moment and also because he gave us the point.
00:35So happy for him and happy for us.
00:38What did you make of that game? You had a really good first half.
00:42Maybe you should have put the game to bed already but then I thought maybe you were a bit sloppy the second half and let them back into it.
00:48As you said, probably one of our best first half of the season.
00:52The way we were playing on the ball, off the ball, created so many chances.
00:56I think we had around 50 shots.
00:58The first half we had to finish with a different score because I think at least 2-0 was the one that we deserved.
01:07And then the second half after the penalty, the game completely changed.
01:10We dropped a little bit. Probably we need to understand the reason why.
01:13The feeling is a little bit of shame because when you play in the way you played in the first half, which I think was really, really good, you have to be clinical.
01:28Does it worry you that we've seen this a little bit too often now where we miss chances early on and then don't control the game in the second half?
01:39I'm always concerned. I'm always worried even when we win.
01:43Imagine now, for sure, every game is different.
01:47Tonight, I think after the goal we conceded, the penalty we conceded, we changed.
01:52We dropped a little bit and that are the moments that you have to show even more your personality, your character because you conceded.
02:02But the game was completely, completely, 100% under control.
02:05But then we need to understand the reason why we dropped after the penalty.
02:10But again, I'm worried always but I'm more worried when we don't create and we don't play well.
02:18When you create, probably, hopefully, we can be more like in the future.
02:33Very pleased, as I said, especially for him because after a difficult moment, it's complicated for every player.
02:43So happy for him that he had some moments.
02:46Now the target for him is to try to be fit until the end and he's going to help us also for the way we want to play.
02:56Andy?
02:57I know a few weeks ago, people were talking Chelsea up as title contenders and you weren't that interested.
03:04Tomorrow, if results don't go your way, you could actually go out of the top four.
03:09Is that a serious concern? I mean, how much does it worry you if that does happen?
03:14It can happen. I'm not worried because Newcastle, in case they win, they go ahead of us.
03:22I'm always worried even when we win. I'm more worried about understanding how we can improve the team.
03:28This is the main target.
03:30Liam?
03:41Yeah, for sure it's one of the things that we need to improve.
03:46I think Palace's game, second half, we didn't concede too much.
03:52Probably the previous game, Ipswich, if you remember, second half, after the second goal we conceded.
03:57We didn't create many chances.
04:01But probably the one that is very clear for me is tonight's one.
04:07I think tonight, after the penalty we conceded, for the way we were playing,
04:12for me there was only one team inside the pitch, that was Chelsea in the first half.
04:16The way we were playing, after the penalty we scored, it's not normal that we drop in the way we drop.
04:21So we need to understand the reason why and try to improve.
04:25I have no doubt that the players need to go through this kind of moment, live this moment.
04:31In the future, for sure, we're going to be better and better.
04:34In the front.
04:53First of all, we analysed the game.
04:56When you create so many chances, at the end you create chances.
05:00Part of the season, sometimes you are more lucky and you create one chance and you score one goal.
05:05Sometimes you need to create ten chances to score one.
05:08So it's a little bit the moment of the season.
05:10I think in this moment we struggled to score goals, but we didn't struggle to create chances in every game.
05:16Hopefully we can be more lucky in the future and start to score goals.
05:19We'll do two more. Gerry and Kieran.
05:26I said already many times, to be honest, that for me when there is no intention to take the ball, it's red.
05:31They have to explain.
05:33So if they give yellow, that means that there is something that happened.
05:37So how they can judge that was not dangerous.
05:41Because you cannot judge that is not dangerous.
05:44The intention is just to go against Marco Correia.
05:47So in my opinion, it's red.
05:50But hopefully we can be more lucky with the referee in the future.
05:54Kieran.
06:12For sure it's something good to see.
06:14Also in terms of free kick, I think Rhys can compare.
06:17He can deal or he can compare with the goal because in terms of free kick it's very good.
06:23So in that moment they decided for Rhys.
06:25We scored and we are all happy because at least we took a point.