Enzo Maresca delivers verdict on below-par Christopher Nkunku

Chelsea’s continuous Christopher Nkko’s struggles are not due to the lack of effort, the lead coach Enzo Marisca announced with confidence.

The French signed a six -year contract in Stamford Bridge upon his arrival at a value of 52 million pounds from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2023, and there were great hopes for continuing the good goals scoring model he showed in Germany.

But things did not plan in favor of the 27 -year -old girl, who witnessed the early stages of his career in Chelsea, which was destroyed due to a serious knee injury in training, and has only six goals in the Premier League in his name from 37 games in the competition.

These statistics are a misleading touch if you turn in the details, although NKUNKU is only 1,338 minutes in total – equivalent to less than 15 games in the full Premier League. His limited involvement is the result of playing a supportive role for Nicholas Jackson, who instead got a comfort in the home and European Cup competition by Marisca.

The NKUNKU tied on Sunday 0-0 with Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium, but it only lasted 45 minutes before it was tied. However, he received the support of his president, as Marisca refused to criticize the excessive graduation of the former Paris Saint -Germain Academy when he investigated confidence.

“I don’t think it is a lack of effort because in the end I can see Christo every day and work well,” Marcelsa told reporters. “He may sometimes want to give more during the game and struggle a little, but certainly don’t think it’s a lack of effort.”

The heat was also on Marisca after he chose to drop Jackson, Cole Palmer, Mark Kushiorilla and Levi Colwell to the game’s alternative seat, with Chelsea’s subsequent performance later drawing the anger of many supporters.

The crowded match schedule that Marcelsa referred to as a justification for the rotation of his player, after he saw his team taking and overcoming Tottenham Hotspur Thursday evening.

“I think that, especially at this stage of the season, but we tried to adapt,” said Maricca. “We have said several times that when it is a transition game, it requires it, physically required. So Tottenham was more transmitted compared to (this game), for example. But at this point, I think 24 hours the difference (in terms of recovery).

“The reason is that the first half started in one way and the second half that we finished is because of that. Perhaps if we decide to start the first half of the way we end, perhaps after half an hour, 45 minutes, the team was not physically good enough to finish the game. So we tried to find a solution.”

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