Enzo Maresca says his Chelsea facet deserved to beat Brentford, regardless of a shaky end at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues ran out 2-1 winners however had their backs towards the wall within the closing 10 minutes after Bryan Mbeumo pulled a objective again and Marc Cucurella was despatched off.
Chelsea went forward via their full-back simply earlier than half-time, who flicked a header into the again of the web after a collection of crosses from the hosts had put the Bees below severe strain.
It regarded just like the Blues would rue their missed possibilities, significantly Nicolas Jackson, who missed an absolute sitter within the match.
With an open objective to intention at, his first-time shot from a cross flew over the bar and into the stands.
However the Senegal worldwide had his objective within the eightieth minute, latching on to an Enzo Fernandez via ball and drilling into the nook.
Cucurella gifted Brentford possession and Mbeumo capitalised by sliding the ball previous Robert Sanchez with just some minutes to go.
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The Spaniard was then dismissed after the ultimate whistle to place a slight dampener on proceedings.
Nonetheless, Maresca maintained a constructive perspective in his post-match press convention.
He stated: “We have been answerable for the sport besides the final 10 minutes the place we concede. It’s regular.
“We created possibilities. We may have scored extra. We deserved to win the sport.”
“It’s all concerning the place. You must be in the precise place and in case you are you’ll have an opportunity.
“We labored with Marc on this sport to reach and be in the precise place. We’re very glad. It’s not one thing regular as a result of he’s not an enormous full-back. We labored within the week for this sort of answer and we’ve been fortunate.
“I stated after the Tottenham sport he [Jackson] didn’t rating however he did crucial factor. The remainder have been celebrating and he was the one one going for the ball. Off the ball he labored laborious.
“Simply two groups have conceded lower than us. Defensively we’re not doing unhealthy. We’d like to finish with a clear sheet however there’s one other workforce attempting to attain.”
He left with a departing touch upon the title race, including: “It’s not about what number of video games we win. It’s about being practical. There are issues now we have to do higher. That’s why I stated for me we’re not prepared.”
