Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has warned Noni Madueke to raise his training levels and work harder to rack up goals and assists.
After being dropped to the bench against Aston Villa, Madueke returned to Chelsea’s starting line-up on Wednesday and contributed a goal and an assist in the extended game. Victory by 5-1 at Southampton.
After the game, Maresca was asked for his feelings on Madueke’s response on the bench against Aston Villa and the Chelsea The boss did not shy away from revealing the truth behind the winger’s omission.
“He can do a lot more,” Maresca began. “He can do a lot more. The moment he starts scoring or assisting and he’s happy, he starts to go down a bit and the reason he wasn’t playing is because I don’t like the way he’s been training.
“He has to understand that he has to train every day well. He has to be ambitious. He scored one tonight, he has to go for the second and the third. He has to give more assists.
“But overall, he’s doing great, he’s doing great. He’s doing even better in terms of the numbers. Noni needs to understand that he has to work harder because he can be much, much, much better.
“Noni is not allowed to go down because Pedro (Neto) is there and he is doing fantastic. If Pedro goes down, Noni is there. The same on the other side. That’s what they have to understand if we want to be – there or to be near for something important”.
Madueke was happy to praise Maresca’s impact on his game, praising the Chelsea boss for putting so much effort into helping him improve.
“Me personally, I’m just confident, I have a lot of faith in myself, playing almost every game,” Madueke said. Amazon Prime. “He’s just helping me with my game, with my goals, all aspects of trying to become a top player, so all credit to him and my team-mates and all of us.
“It was a great win today and we’re going for more.”
The improved goal difference sees Chelsea overtake Arsenal in second place in the Premier League table, closing the gap on leaders Liverpool to seven points behind. the rejection of the Reds against Newcastle United.
