Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca hailed his 10 males for stopping Arsenal from pulling even additional away on the prime of the Premier League – however slammed the inconsistent refereeing that has been befalling the Blues of late.
Maresca conceded Moises Caicedo deserved his straight pink card after 38 minutes for an reckless foul on Mikel Merino, however he was confused why referee Anthony Taylor didn’t then dismiss Piero Hincapie for elbowing Trevoh Chalobah, who was left with a noticeably swollen cheek.
Maresca additionally cited Chelsea’s journey to Tottenham earlier in November when Rodrigo Bentancur escaped pink for a foul on Reece James which was not dissimilar to the one dedicated by Caicedo right here.
Regardless of being happy with how Chelsea’s 10 males took the lead by way of Chalobah earlier than Merino’s equaliser, Maresca stated: ‘Moises’ pink card – it is a pink card, however why was Bentancur’s in opposition to Reece not a pink card once we had been at Spurs away?
‘As a supervisor, I wrestle to grasp why they decide in numerous methods. Moises’ is a pink card, sure. Bentancur’s is a pink card, sure, so why they do not give him a pink card?
‘I wrestle to grasp. The fact is that it is a pink card however why do they decide it in numerous methods? The Trevoh one, I requested the referee, he stated to me that it was not an elbow. That is what he stated. (Chalobah had a) black eye, ice at half time, however they decide in numerous means.’
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca slammed the inconsistent refereeing that has been befalling the Blues of late
Maresca conceded Moises Caicedo deserved his straight pink card after 38 minutes for an reckless foul on Mikel Merino
The Italian was confused why referee Anthony Taylor didn’t then dismiss Piero Hincapie for elbowing Trevoh Chalobah
Hincapie was proven a yellow card for that foul on Chalobah with Arsenal receiving six cautions total in what was an aggressive London derby at Stamford Bridge.
Maresca added: ‘Arsenal, they’re prime of Premier League, prime of the Champions League, they’ve the very best defenders within the Premier League, in all probability the very best defenders within the Champions League.
So, on this second, they’re the very best crew. And 11 v 11, I believe we had been higher than them. Ten gamers modified the dynamic. If in February, March, we’re the place we are actually, then we will be (within the title race). However we’re nonetheless on the finish of November, December.’
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta stated there have been the reason why his aspect didn’t win regardless of enjoying most of this match with a person benefit, together with having no William Saliba and Gabriel on the hart of their defence.
‘It has been an enormous week, beginning with the derby (Tottenham),’ Arteta stated. ‘Then Bayern Munich three days later. We misplaced gamers in these video games.
‘Right now, we needed to play (a again 4) that we have now by no means performed earlier than in a very tough match. The captain remains to be not right here. The 9 remains to be not right here. Kai (Havertz) remains to be not right here. We misplaced Leo (Trossard) in midweek. The crew needed to react to that.
‘General it has been a very optimistic week as a result of the issue was immense. We should always have and we might have received this recreation and we’ve not. That is a studying level. We performed each two-and-a-half days. We had one much less day than Chelsea to organize. We misplaced gamers. Nevertheless it’s the schedule.’
On Saliba’s harm and the way lengthy he will probably be sidelined, Arteta added: ‘I do not know. He is received one other check tomorrow. We’ll have to see the extent of that feeling, that sensation he had.’
