Maresca admits over-reliance on struggling Cole Palmer affecting Chelsea results

<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"the-post">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area-inner">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"single-featured-image"><img width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"600" class&equals;"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt&equals;"Maresca admits over-reliance on struggling Cole Palmer affecting Chelsea results" data-main-img&equals;"1" decoding&equals;"async" fetchpriority&equals;"high" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;FunPic&lowbar;20250224&lowbar;153714081-1200x600&period;jpg"&sol;><img width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"600" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;FunPic&lowbar;20250224&lowbar;153714081-1200x600&period;jpg" class&equals;"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt&equals;"Maresca admits over-reliance on struggling Cole Palmer affecting Chelsea results" data-main-img&equals;"1" decoding&equals;"async" fetchpriority&equals;"high"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry clearfix">&NewLine;<p><strong>Chelsea<&sol;strong> manager <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;enzo-maresca"><strong>Enzo Maresca<&sol;strong><&sol;a> has acknowledged that his team is overly dependent on <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;cole-palmer"><strong>Cole Palmer<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; as the midfielder experiences a dip in form&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Palmer&comma; who has been a standout performer since joining from Manchester City&comma; has struggled recently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to the media&comma; Maresca emphasized that while Palmer remains crucial&comma; the team must not rely solely on him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The problem is with Cole&comma; we rely on him for everything&comma;” Maresca admitted&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But we need to rely on the team&period; He is a top player&comma; but we are not worried about him&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chelsea have struggled in front of goal and Maresca believes Palmer’s dip in form mirrors the team’s overall struggles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Palmer is expected to start as Chelsea seek a crucial win against Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;maresca-admits-over-reliance-on-struggling-cole-palmer-affecting-chelsea-results&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;