Enzo Maresca has not overreacted to Chelsea’s winless run, insisting such setbacks have been all the time to be anticipated this early in his facet’s “journey”.

Former Leicester Metropolis boss Maresca took cost at Stamford Bridge at first of this season and seemed to have rapidly turned Chelsea into Premier League title contenders.

But a stretch of three matches with out a win, drawing with Everton and dropping to Fulham and Ipswich City, has left the Blues 10 factors behind leaders Liverpool, who even have a recreation in hand.

Chelsea haven’t misplaced three in a row within the Premier League since Might 2023 and go to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

They’re nonetheless within the Premier League’s high 4 going into that match, although, and Maresca is content material with the progress of a facet who completed sixth final season and twelfth the yr earlier than.

“No, we don’t prefer to lose video games or drop factors, however it’s not going to have an effect on our journey as all of us are conscious in the course of the season you’ll lose video games,” the Chelsea coach mentioned.

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“We end the primary a part of the season, now beginning the second half considering we’re going to win and lose, however vital to enhance recreation by recreation.

“It is a journey that began 5 – 6 months in the past, not 5 – 6 years. Different groups began 5 – 6 years in the past and now preventing to win the Premier League – we simply began 5 – 6 months in the past.”

Chelsea have been held to a 1-1 draw by Palace within the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge, however they’d received the earlier 13 league conferences between the edges.