Enzo Maresca has known as for Noni Madueke to be ‘a lot, a lot, significantly better’ regardless of his starring position in Chelsea’s newest win.
The winger scored and supplied an assisted in a 5-1 victory away to Southampton on Wednesday evening.
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Nevertheless, his work-ethic was questioned by the Blues boss after the match.
Madueke teed up Christopher Nkunku to re-establish the guests’ lead after Joe Aribo cancelled out Axel Disasi’s opener.
The England worldwide then added a aim of his personal to double their lead earlier than half time.
He was hauled off within the 72nd minute, although, earlier than Cole Palmer and his alternative Jadon Sancho added additional gloss to the scoreline.
Maresca was not completely glad with the 22-year-old’s efficiency.
Talking after the win, the Italian defined: “Noni can do rather more. When he scores and assists and is completely satisfied, he begins to drop a bit bit.
“The rationale he was not taking part in is due to the way in which he was coaching.
“When he scores one, he must preserve making an attempt to attain and help. Noni wants to grasp he has to work extra and he will be a lot, a lot, significantly better.”
Madueke’s exploits at St. Mary’s have taken his tally for the season to 5 objectives and two assists in 13 Premier League appearances.
It comes after he additionally turned supplier within the win over Aston Villa on Sunday.
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Following a second victory in 4 days, Madueke informed talkSPORT’s Ian Abrahams: “I may have scored a hat-trick at this time, fairly simply.
“However a aim and an help is okay, I will take that. I will go into the subsequent sport and attempt to assist my workforce.”
As for taking part in underneath Maresca, he added: “He is been nice for me.
“Not simply by way of the issues I love to do, in citation marks, rating objectives and beat gamers, however even within the much less fairly elements of soccer, the defensive half, being dependable.
“He is helped me loads with that, so sure, credit score to him.”
Wednesday’s win noticed Maresca’s facet minimize the hole to leaders Liverpool all the way down to seven factors after the Reds had been held to a 3-3 draw at Newcastle.
In the meantime, they may cut back the deficit even additional on Sunday afternoon.
The Blues go to Tottenham in a London derby earlier than travelling to Kazakhstan to tackle Astana within the Europa Convention League in midweek.