‘He’s aware he’s making MISTAKES!’ Maresca throws support behind under-fire Sanchez | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca insists he fully ‘trusts’ Robert Sanchez despite a number of high-profile mistakes in recent matches.

The Chelsea goalkeeper was caught badly out of position as Erling Haaland capitalised to score Manchester City’s second in a 3-1 victory at the Etihad.

Chelsea fans have grown concerned in the past few weeks with Sanchez’s performances but Maresca insists he has belief in his first-choice goalkeeper.

“Robert, for sure, he is completely aware that he has to do better,” Maresca explained post match.

“He was completely aware after the game – he knows perfectly. In this moment, it is like this. The good thing is that he is the first one, knowing and aware that he has to do better.”

“We trust Robert for sure. The first one who is completely aware that he is making mistakes in this moment is Robert.

“For sure we continue to trust Robert. We trust Robert. But now we have one entire week [until next game vs West Ham], we will see the reaction and then see for the next game.”

Chelsea have won just one of their last seven league matches and have slipped out of the top four but Maresca believes his team is in a much better position than a few months ago.

“I just said, in my opinion, we are a better team that one month ago, two months ago,” he added.

“This kind of moment, these kind of games – for sure, they are going to make us better because we need to live this experience.

“I said two weeks ago; from now on, we can be third, we can be fourth, five or six, the game until the end now can change a little bit. The good thing is that we are focused and we are trying to improve game after game.

“For sure, for the way they [Man City] play, it is not easy to deal because they move and they are masters in the way they play.

“We tried to do our best and for parts of the game, it worked quite well. We are talking about a different game if we scored the second one because the plan was perfectly working very good; scoring the first one, chances to score the second one.

“In these types of games where the details make the difference, most of the time, the difference is in the box. They are being clinical with the chances they had and unfortunately we missed.”