‘Crazy world’ – Chelsea boss Maresca insists there is ‘no reason to be negative’ following back-to-back league defeats | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca insists there is “no reason to be negative” despite Chelsea’s recent slump in form.

The Blues have lost their last two Premier League games, with the weekend’s defeat to Brighton following a loss to Manchester United the week prior.

Chelsea were reduced to ten men in both of those games and Maresca has urged fans to keep positive.

“In this moment, I think we need to be positive first of all because it’s what the players need,” he said.

“Second, because personally I think there is no reason to be negative this morning. The club showed me the stats that in the last six months we lost five games, four of them with a red card.

“So for sure we like winning games, there is no doubt. But also the reality is that there is not any pressure. The pressure we have is the pressure that we know that being at Chelsea as a player, as a manager you need to win games, no doubt.

“But at the same moment the reality is that for different reasons, injuries and red cards, we lost five games in almost six months. But at the same time I think it’s something not bad.”

Maresca did, however, admit he could have made better decisions in the last two games, ahead of the Champions League clash with Benfica.

“First of all, for sure I think after reviewing the last two games, Man Utd and Brighton with 10 players, for sure I could have done better probably in terms of [my] decisions,” he said.

“No doubt, but also for me it’s like a learning process to play with 10 players because I think for any manager it’s not something normal.

“Unfortunately for us it happened two times and the stats is that in the last almost six months we lost five games, four of them with a red card. Newcastle, Flamengo, Man Utd and Brighton, and the only game that we lost 11-11 was Bayern Munich away. So that’s why I said for me personally there is not any reason that we need to panic knowing that football is a crazy world.

“If you lost five games in six months and you need to say things to defend yourself, that means that it’s a crazy world. So I don’t think we need to defend ourselves in this moment because the reality is that I have a very good feeling with the squad we have.

“I think compared to last season we have all improved. The players because they can play games, they can have more experience.

“Me personally as a manager, I think I feel better than last year. The reason why is because I’m learning. For sure there are many, many things that I need to learn. For instance playing with 10 players is something that probably I need to do better. But it’s part of the process and I don’t have any doubt that in the future we’re going to be better and better.”