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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg

‘He has to enjoy football’: Enzo Maresca happy to lift scoring pressure off Palmer

Cole Palmer and Enzo Maresca
Cole Palmer has scored nine goals for Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea this season. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Enzo Maresca believes his attack’s improvement means nobody can accuse Chelsea of being Cole Palmer FC any more.

The nickname was coined by ­Mauricio Pochettino last season and soon came to be seen as a negative. It was on Maresca’s mind when he replaced Pochettino and the Italian is of the view that Chelsea, the highest goalscorers in the Premier League, have become less reliant on Palmer in the final third.

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