Maresca lost 2-0 to Manchester City, the reigning champions, at Stamford Bridge to begin his tenure as Chelsea’s coach. Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic, who was once a member of the Blues, were inadvertently incorporated into the score as Pep Guardiola’s team won for the first time this season. Pedro Neto, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Renato Veiga, and Marc Guiu all earned their young woman competitive appearances off the bench, despite the fact the did not start during the game. After their late changes, neither of the mentioned quartet had any impact on the match, with City dominating for the majority of the play. New manager Maresca’s debut match was disappointing because his attacking line produced few opportunities in the last third and missed that presence.
the higher portion of the field will challenge City. Christopher Nkunku, Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, and Nicolas Jackson comprised Chelsea’s beginning four against Guardiola’s team. The attackers came at an astounding cost to the club—a total of £235 million. Despite the fact they lost, they had a higher xG, which shows how useless the Blues were in the latter third and how disappointed they were when they had opportunities. During the encounter, both sides had an outstanding chance, but Maresca’s team wasted it while Guardiola’s team hammered the Blues, displaying Chelsea’s shortage of a dependable goal scorer—something that they will sorely needed if they hope moving up the table in 2024–2025. Only one more shot was made by those who came compared with
hosts as well as but perhaps more importantly, just thirty per cent of Chelsea’s efforts were on goal. Maresca’s team was wasteful when they did manage to get into perilous inappropriate zones. One forward in particular put on an awful showing that might have endangered his spot as the team’s starting goalkeeper.
