Every word Enzo Maresca said on Chelsea's injury worries, Estevao display and Crystal Palace draw

Enzo Maresca has just conducted his first post-match press conference of the 2025/26 Premier League season following Chelsea's goalless draw with Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues were unable to break down the Eagles in SW6 in what turned out to be a frustrating afternoon for the world champions. Maresca, who was animated on the side as he so often is, has just given us his thoughts on the game as a whole - and here is every word the Chelsea head coach had to say:

Is there a sense of frustration to not get the winning goal?

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We always try to win the game. Unfortunately, we didn't win, but I think overall we deserve [to win], we create enough chances between the first-half and second-half. Apart from the free-kick where the goal was disallowed, I don't think we concede chances.

But at the same time, we know how tough they are, how well organised they are. And this is the reason why they beat Liverpool and won the last two finals.

How did you rate Estevao Willian's display?

He was very good. He showed personality, he's already shown that in the training sessions. For sure, no doubt that slowly, slowly he will be a very important player for this club.

How do you think Josh Acheampong played?

Very good, very good. We already showed confidence on Josh last year. He played already some games. Today he did very well, he dealt with Mateta very well. So overall, he did a good game.

Do you think we could see at all the fact that Chelsea had a smaller pre-season than Crystal Palace and many other teams in today's game?

I don't think so, because until the end we compete. We try to win the game. I think we had some chances at the end with Estevao, with Andrey Santos. So that showed that probably we compete overall quite good. For sure, they already played, I think, seven, eight games. And for us, last week we played two games, but we tried to share minutes. So the real game for us was today. But for sure, slowly, slowly we're going to be better.

Crystal Palace would probably be aggrieved that the free-kick was ruled out, but were you a bit frustrated that Mateta didn't get a second yellow for the tackle on Caicedo?

No, I was there, I was close. For sure it was foul. The referee decided not to give the yellow card, so that was OK.

How serious is Tosin Adarabioyo's injury?

He had a physical problem, we don't know for how long. Wes [Fofana] was on the bench, but he was just on the bench to be with us. The plan was not to get any minutes. And now, hopefully for the next one, we can start to use Wes for more minutes.

You mentioned Tosin is the only one that can play in Levi Colwill's role. Is this an injury you're really worried about?

I already spoke about that.

How important is it you find the cutting edge sooner rather than later?

I said many times that I don't think about June or May, the title, or when the season will finish. I always try to speak or try to think about the next one, the next game. So for me, it's about Friday's game, no more than that.