´We need to raise our standards´ – Maresca disappointed despite Chelsea red card

Enzo Maresca believes Chelsea “want to lift our requirements” after their 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.

The Blues have been lowered to 10 males after simply 5 minutes after Robert Sanchez’s pink card, and so they have been two objectives down by half-time.

One other pink card, this time for Casemiro, evened up the numbers once more for the second half, however Trevor Chalobah’s second aim in his final 4 league video games proved to be only a comfort.

Chelsea are winless of their final 13 Premier League away video games towards United (seven attracts, six losses), and towards no different facet have they ever been on an extended such run on the highway within the competitors.

Regardless of Sanchez’s early sending off, Maresca was upset in his facet’s efficiency at Previous Trafford.

“It wasn’t adequate from us as a membership. The primary quarter-hour was the worst we’ve performed all season. We struggled within the first half,” Maresca advised Sky Sports activities.

“At all times tough going to 10 males down. United have been up for it, and so they put us beneath strain.

“We have now performed within the Premier League lengthy sufficient now, so we simply need to study from this and transfer ahead.

“Whether or not it’s 10 males every, it’s all the time tough from 2-0 down. We have to mirror over not beginning nicely, and we have to elevate our requirements as a collective.”

After Sanchez’s pink card, Maresca made three adjustments inside 21 minutes, the earliest a facet has ever executed so in a Premier League recreation.

Though he revealed Cole Palmer was substituted on account of health considerations, the opposite adjustments – Filip Jorgensen for Estevao and Tosin Adarabioyo for Pedro Neto – have been each tactical.

Maresca advised BBC Sport: “They assault with 5 gamers, so the concept was to defend with 5 gamers. You’ll be able to defend with 4 at 11 v 11.

“The sport most likely modified after they conceded the pink card, additionally with Casemiro. We have been a lot better.

“Cole, this morning, did a check to play this recreation. He was not 100%. It was a implausible effort for the membership, for his team-mates, for the crew. Sadly, he was not 100%.

“We have to begin the sport higher. We can’t concede a pink card at Previous Trafford after three minutes.”