Enzo Maresca admitted he’d been engaged on getting Chelsea’s wingers into higher goalscoring positions within the field after Mykhailo Mudryk starred in Chelsea’s UEFA Europa Convention League win over Panathinaikos,
The Ukraine worldwide’s struggles since becoming a member of Chelsea in a deal price near £90m have been nicely documented, with Mudryk managing simply 9 purpose contributions within the Premier League.
Mudryk’s iffy type has led to new supervisor Enzo Maresca utilising him sparingly within the Premier League particularly – enjoying simply 82 minutes of league soccer throughout the 2024/25 marketing campaign up to now.
The 23-year-old, who noticed Chelsea strengthen their choices in the summertime by signing Joao Felix, Pedro Neto and Jadon Sancho, was given a possibility to begin for the Blues towards Panathinaikos on Thursday and made probably the most of his probability by scoring his first purpose of the season – he additionally assisted two extra in a thumping 4-1 win.
Chatting with the press about Mudryk’s star flip in Greece, Maresca admitted he was delighted by the show and revealed what he’d particularly been engaged on with all of his wingers previous to the sport.
“I’m very joyful however not for me, for him,” the previous Leicester Metropolis boss mentioned. “We as a workers spend a very long time serving to the gamers, not solely Misha however the entire squad, and since we began we now have been working with all of the wingers in order that they arrive contained in the field and into the place the place Misha scored.
“He has struggled to reach there however he’s now arriving there and it’s the place we’ll rating objectives. It’s the identical for Jadon [Sancho], Noni [Madueke], Pedro [Neto], all of the wingers, they should be in that place as a result of the ball goes to reach in that place.”
Two of Chelsea’s objectives got here from Felix whereas the fourth got here from Christopher Nkunku, who has additionally discovered common minutes within the Premier League arduous to return by due to the type of present placing incumbent Nicolas Jackson.
The Frenchman now has eight objectives to his identify for the season in all competitions, and like Mudryk will hope that his show can earn a begin when Chelsea face off towards Newcastle United within the Premier League on Sunday.