Enzo Maresca claims he is nonetheless making an attempt to get Mauricio Pochettino’s philosophy OUT of his gamers – after their 2-1 defeat by Actual Madrid consigned them to a 3rd loss in 5 US tour matches

Enzo Maresca says he’s nonetheless making an attempt to get Mauricio Pochettino’s philosophy out of his Chelsea gamers as he doesn’t need them taking part in such a ludicrously excessive line.

Chelsea’s fifth and closing pleasant of their United States tour noticed them lose 2-1 to Actual Madrid, who frequently received in behind the Blues by taking part in a single cross into the area.

But Maresca instructed reporters that isn’t what he desires as he mentioned: ‘It is an issue we are attempting to resolve from pre-season since day one. One in every of my first conferences with the squad was in regards to the quantity of objectives we conceded final 12 months with the defensive position very excessive.

‘It is one thing we are attempting to work on. At present, offensively, we’re there – the patterns are there. We created possibilities.

‘The issue is defensively. Once I say “defensively” I do not simply imply the defensive position, however normally, all of the gamers. Now it is completed. We head again to London. Now we have Inter Milan after which an official sport.’

The Blues noticed their tour of the US finish with a 2-1 loss by the Champions League winners

Chelsea face Manchester Metropolis of their opening Premier League fixture on August 18

Chelsea will face Manchester Metropolis on the primary day of the Premier League season. Not wanting Pep Guardiola’s facet to use their naivety, Maresca mentioned: ‘It is a behavior. We’re not engaged on defensive strains so excessive. It is a behavior from final 12 months, or years in the past, I do not know.

‘We are attempting to drop the defensive position slightly bit, normally about 4 or 5 metres, simply to have some benefit. Final 12 months, we already conceded many objectives with this drawback. Hopefully we will resolve it very quickly.’