Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says they have “a lot of things to improve” after a dismal 4-1 loss to Celtic in Indiana.
The defeat Chelsea is still winless in two games in the United States, having come from behind in midweek to draw with third-tier Wrexham.
Maresca, however, disassociated himself from facing Club America and then Manchester City next week.
“As we said, the result is vital. For us we have to analyze the adjustment in general. I think with the ball the team was 10 times better than in the game against Wrexham and that’s vital because we can see the number. of chances we created in the first half and in the second half.
“And without the ball, we can certainly improve things and you can see that we rarely have to play short or a little bit more. That’s part of the process. “
“Of course we want a lot of things for the ball. One of the things we did wrong today was when the ball wasn’t under pressure, keeping the top line. When the ball is not under pressure, you will have to drop it. “.
“We still confuse some things on and off the ball. For me, it’s normal in this moment. We are trying to do something new. But for sure, game after game, training after training, we are going to be ready.”
With the ball it’s much better, we create chances but without the ball, we have to improve
Enzo Maresca
Chelsea face Premier League champions City on the opening weekend of the new domestic season, and Maresca has taken steps to reassure fans of an underprepared team. He said: “Surely we will be in position for this adjustment or at least we will have the things for this adjustment. But I don’t think that for the first official adjustment everything will be fine. It’s a bit difficult. “
“The result is important, but at the moment we have to judge and analyse other things. With the ball we created chances, but without it we probably conceded too much and that’s something we want to improve. “