Enzo Maresca hailed Robert Sanchez after the Chelsea goalkeeper pulled off a string of saves late on because the Blues ran out 1-0 winners over Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Nicolas Jackson netted his first purpose in 2025 to finish a 13-game purpose drought and guarantee Chelsea’s hopes of securing a top-five end, and a Champions League spot, stay very a lot alive.
The three factors elevate Maresca’s males as much as fourth – a minimum of quickly – however it was the contribution of Sanchez that the Chelsea boss singled out for reward following the victory.
“[I am] very joyful. He [Sanchez] deserved [that] to be trustworthy as a result of in all probability within the final weeks he obtained some criticism that’s not good.
“You possibly can see how the teammates celebrated with him after as a result of he deserved that.”
“WHAT A SAVE!”
This cease from Robert Sánchez may very well be a match-winning second
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Chelsea are subsequent in motion on Thursday after they journey to Stockholm to tackle Djurgarden within the first-leg of the Europa Convention League semi-finals.
And whereas they continue to be agency favourites to elevate the trophy, Maresca’s focus has been on securing a spot in Europe’s elite membership competitors subsequent time period.
“The three factors at this stage of the season is essential.
“The efficiency [against Everton] I believe first-half we dominated, we created probabilities, we didn’t concede something.
“Second-half we dropped a bit of bit however it’s a part of the sport. We defended properly once we wanted to defend. And we connected fairly properly once we wanted to assault.
“So, general, it was a great sport, three factors, and we’re joyful.
“4 video games to go. Recreation by sport. I mentioned already many occasions, once you win a sport, you see your self there and you might be joyful. In the event you don’t win, you don’t see your self there and you might be upset.
“It’s how we handle the emotion till the tip. The vital factor is that we’re there.”
