Enzo Maresca says his Chelsea side need to find “different solutions” when Cole Palmer is aggressively marked, as he was against Bournemouth.
Christopher Nkunku came off the bench to snatch a late win for Chelsea on Saturday night.
Palmer played the entire game but was unusually quiet and Maresca has urged his side to find different solutions when he is not able to influence the game as he has done so often in the past couple of seasons.
“Yes, but these kind of players are probably going to have these things,” he said.
“Cook was marking him for 95 minutes man-to-man before we put him wide. It is not easy for Cole or any player. You need to find a different solution.
“In this kind of game you need to learn that it isn’t just about the tactical part – you need something inside, to win duels and all the games are different.
“To win the game, you have to win with the T-shirt dirty – probably [getting] some yellow cards because they had many yellow cards. These kind of games require these kinds of things.”
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