Enzo Maresca offers the ruling at the bottom of Christopher NKUNKU below

Chelsea’s continuous Christopher Nkko’s struggles are not due to the lack of effort, the lead coach Enzo Marisca announced with confidence.

The French signed a six -year contract in Stamford Bridge upon his arrival at a value of 52 million pounds from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2023, and there were great hopes for continuing the good goals scoring model he showed in Germany.

But things did not plan in favor of the 27 -year -old, who saw his early stages Chelsea The profession is destroyed by a serious knee injury in training, and has only six goals in the Premier League in his name from 37 games in the competition.

These statistics are a misleading touch if you are digging in the details, although NKUNKU is only 1,338 minutes in total – the equivalent of less than 14 filled Premier League Matches. His limited involvement is the result of playing a supportive role for Nicholas Jackson, who instead got a comfort in the home and European Cup competition by Marisca.

NKUNKU started Sunday draw 0-0 with Berntord At the Gtech Community stadium, only 45 minutes lasted before being tied. However, he received the support of his president, as Marisca refused to criticize the excessive graduation of the former Paris Saint -Germain Academy when he investigated confidence.

“I don’t think it is a lack of effort because in the end I can see Christo every day and work well,” Marcelsa told reporters. “He may sometimes want to give more during the game and struggle a little, but certainly don’t think it’s a lack of effort.”

The heat was also on Marisca after he chose to drop Jackson, Cole Palmer, Mark Kushiorilla and Levi Colwell to the game’s alternative seat, with Chelsea’s subsequent performance later drawing the anger of many supporters.

The crowded match schedule that Marisca referred to as a justification for the player’s rotation, after he saw his side Take, hit Tottenham Hotspur Thursday night.

“I think that, especially at this stage of the season, but we tried to adapt,” said Maricca. “We have said several times that when it is a transition game, it takes it physically. Tottenham It was more than comparison (this game), for example. But at this point I think 24 hours the difference (in terms of recovery).

“The reason is that the first half started in one way and the second half that we finished is because of that. Perhaps if we decide to start the first half of the way we end, perhaps after half an hour, 45 minutes, the team was not physically good enough to finish the game. So we tried to find a solution.”

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