Enzo Maresca aims ‘PlayStation’ dig at Chelsea fans

• Chelsea narrowly defeated Leicester 1-0 on Sunday
• The Stamford Bridge crowd was not overly impressed with their side’s style of play
• Enzo Maresca delivered a forceful response to the aesthetic demands of fans

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca hit back. What he perceived to be the unrealistic expectations of the club’s own fanbase.

Insisting that winning Premier League matches is not as easy as a video game.

Maresca’s impassioned rebuttal came after his side scraped and scratched their way to a 1-0 win at home to relegation-battling Leicester City on Sunday afternoon. A long-range, low-probability shot from Marc Cucurella earned the hosts three points to take them back into the Premier League’s top four, yet the Stamford Bridge crowd spent much the contest bemoaning their team’s insistence on patient passing football.

“The people have to understand สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที this is our way, our style, and this is the way we are going to play,” Maresca defiantly told his post-match press conference. “When a team creates the amount of chances we created, you have to be happy. It’s not easy.”

Chelsea had 20 shots, forcing Mads Hermansen into six saves, but Cole Palmer’s first-half penalty.

Which he surprisingly failed to convert – was the only opening defined as a ‘big chance’

In an attempt to underscore how difficult it was to defeat Sunday’s opponents. Who sit 19th in the Premier League table, Maresca outlined: “Leicester, until minute 83, were 0-0 against Arsenal; the same thing happened against [Manchester] City. If you think football is just a PlayStation [game] and you win easy, no way. Every game is difficult. The way the players have done is fantastic.

“We need our fans. On my Instagram, I said two days ago our Champions League [qualification] target will be with our fans supporting us, and especially when you play at home. We need them behind the players with the spirit they show.”