“Negative move” – Two MOTD pundits slam Enzo Maresca decisions in Man Utd defeat | OneFootball

Two Match of The Day pundits have slammed Enzo Maresca’s decisions in the defeat against Manchester United yesterday.

Chelsea lost the game 2-1 in the late Premier League kick off game last night and it’s not just losing against United that is an issue, it’s losing against a side who have basically been very much down and out lately and been in some terrible form. United have been there for the taking and it’s a game that even though was away from home, Chelsea should be going to take all three points. Instead, they came away with none.

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A lot of that was to do with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez having one of his many brain fart moments that he has had throughout his career so far. Sanchez got sent off after just five minutes in the game by fouling Bryan Mbeumo and stopping him scoring a certain goal to put them 1-0 up.

Manager Enzo Maresca has given his opinion on the red card and has basically said that Sanchez made the wrong decision and should have just let the striker score the goal because it would have been better being a goal down with 95 minutes left on the clock rather than being a man down for that long and without their first choice keeper.

Pundits slam Maresca

Enzo Maresca’s post match press conference.

After the red card, Maresca made some changes that were very negative and he was then basically left without any wingers.

‘I think bringing an extra defending on is understandable and taking off an attacker, but a few minutes later Palmer is off after they’re 1-0 down,’ Danny Murphy said on BBC’s Match of the Day..

We felt Neto and Cole Palmer coming off was a really negative move. Okay, we trust his word that he [Palmer] is struggling a bit with injury but maybe he should’ve brought him off at the beginning and left Neto on for his pace.

‘Because even when they got level men second half, they really didn’t have that much of a threat on the break, to beat somebody, there was only Joao Pedro who really had that forward-thinking mentality.’

Wayne Rooney also believes Chelsea lacked ‘urgency’ even after United had Casemiro sent off.

‘They had all the imagination on the pitch and I felt that is what was missing for Chelsea,’ Rooney said.

‘They had a lot of possession going side to side second half but they missed that creativity which Neto or Cole Palmer could bring them.

‘I think the change was strange but thankfully it helped United.

‘It was a strange game, I think when it went to 10 men apiece, I just felt there was no urgency from Chelsea to try and get back in the game.

‘Obviously they get one goal back from a cross, there were no crosses in the box, the two crosses in the box they get one goal and then they have another good chance.

‘It was just slow, side to side, yeah the weather was poor but I think if you’re a Chelsea fan you want to see them with a bit more urgency to try to get something from the game.’

Quotes via The Metro.