Enzo Maresca believes the team should not have lost this game and it is the most difficult defeat to accept this season

In Chelsea's match against Aston Villa, the team lost to Aston Villa with a score of 1-2. Chelsea lost the game due to a last-minute winning goal, and coach Enzo Maresca described the result as the most difficult defeat to accept this season.  

Enzo Maresca believes that Villa's attack in the penalty area determined the outcome of the game, which is why he thinks this defeat is so hard to accept. Enzo Maresca said: "For me, this is the most difficult defeat of the season."  

"I don't think we should have lost this game, but in this league, we need to be able to adapt on the spot. Most of the time, the game is won or lost in the penalty area. When we were leading 1-0, we had some chances, but we didn't score, and the same was true when we were 1-1 behind. In the end, we unfortunately lost this game."  

"We are in a bad period right now in terms of results but we are still working hard and to our credit we are performing better than we did at Brighton."  

"We still have 12 games to go and I feel like if we win one more game, we can go again. If you remember, we won all four or five away games at the beginning of the season and our best moments were away from home. So, that's football and the most important thing is to judge the performance."  

"I say this is the saddest defeat of the season because we showed our strength again and we were aggressive without the ball. Even with the ball, we played hard and created chances."  

"In the last two games we were without a number nine so it was difficult for us to create chances. Now, we tried Pedro Neto in midweek and it worked well.  

Trevoh Chalobah left the pitch 10 minutes into the game due to injury, and coach Enzo Maresca updated the player's condition. Enzo Maresca said: "I am not sure about Trevoh Chalobah's condition at the moment, let's see, it's still early, so we will see tomorrow. At the moment, Trevoh Chalobah is fine, but the actual situation I don't know."  

In addition, Enzo Maresca appreciated the cheers of the fans and hoped to see such scenes in the next game. Enzo Maresca said: "The fans' performance was also very good. They supported us very much, so we regret not getting good results."  

“It was a bad feeling when we were about to win but lost, but the fans were great. I hope I can feel the fans’ support against Southampton and I hope we can get the three points and celebrate with them.”