Enzo Maresca urges his players to take ‘responsibility’ & show ‘desire’ to bring Chelsea back | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has encouraged his players to take responsibility and show desire to get Chelsea back to where they belong.

The news comes after Chelsea went down 2-0 against Newcastle United away from home on Sunday lunch time in a crucial game for the race for Champions League football next season.

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Chelsea needed to win this game as much as Newcastle did, but a first half sending off by Nicolas Jackson did not help their cause. Enzo Maresca has admitted that Jackson now needs to learn from this situation moving forward.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher now believes that Chelsea have a big problem after this defeat with just two games remaining of the season and the reality being that The Blues need two wins to guarantee a place in the Champions League for next season.

Huge game tonight

Chelsea player Manchester United tonight in their second to last game of the Premier League season, and it’s another huge one.

Enzo Maresca on the touchline with a pout. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Nothing less than a win will do for Chelsea in the fight for the Champions League places. They might get lucky with other results coming up, but they need to focus on winning both of their next two matches to be sure of qualification.

Maresca speaks

Maresca has been speaking ahead of the game tonight and has asked for more desire from his players.

Asked whether his players’ desire was as important as tactics at this stage of the campaign, Maresca said: “There are some games, like now – the one or two, three games we have – that tactics are important but it’s also other aspects. That is players taking responsibility and also showing desire to bring this club – we said many times – where it has to be.”

Quotes via The Guardian.