Enzo Maresca hailed Robert Sanchez after the Chelsea goalkeeper pulled off a string of saves late on because the Blues ran out 1-0 winners over Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Nicolas Jackson netted his first purpose in 2025 to finish a 13-game purpose drought and guarantee Chelsea’s hopes of securing a top-five end, and a Champions League spot, stay very a lot alive.
The three factors carry Maresca’s males as much as fourth – at the least quickly – but it surely was the contribution of Sanchez that the Chelsea boss singled out for reward following the victory.
“[I am] very completely happy. He [Sanchez] deserved [that] to be sincere as a result of most likely within the final weeks he obtained some criticism that’s not good.
“You’ll be able to see how the teammates celebrated with him after as a result of he deserved that.”
“WHAT A SAVE!” 😳
This cease from Robert Sánchez might be a match-winning second 👏
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Chelsea are subsequent in motion on Thursday once they journey to Stockholm to tackle Djurgarden within the first-leg of the Europa Convention League semi-finals.
And whereas they continue to be agency favourites to carry the trophy, Maresca’s focus has been on securing a spot in Europe’s elite membership competitors subsequent time period.
“The three factors at this stage of the season is essential.
“The efficiency [against Everton] I feel first-half we dominated, we created probabilities, we didn’t concede something.
“Second-half we dropped a bit of bit but it surely’s a part of the sport. We defended properly once we wanted to defend. And we connected fairly properly once we wanted to assault.
“So, total, it was a great sport, three factors, and we’re completely happy.
“4 video games to go. Sport by sport. I stated already many instances, while you win a sport, you see your self there and you might be completely happy. In the event you don’t win, you don’t see your self there and you might be upset.
“It’s how we handle the emotion till the top. The necessary factor is that we’re there.”
