Enzo Maresca said Chelsea’s players need to “live moments” before they can challenge for the Premier League title alongside Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.
Chelsea continued their impressive rise under Maresca with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa.
The former Leicester boss has consistently played down talk that his team could challenge for a first Premier League crown since 2017.
That protestations were made to look hollow as the Blues turned in their best performance of the season to move level on points with Arsenal.
“We are not ready to compete with Liverpool, Arsenal and (Manchester) City, for many reasons,” Maresca said.
“Just because we won (vs Villa) I’m not going to change my idea. We’re not ready for that. But the good thing is we are improving and hopefully very soon we can be there.
“We need to improve many things, we can attack better, defend better,” said Maresca.”
Nicolas Jackson got the first, knocking the ball in off the post after ferocious work from Marc Cucurella first to dispossess Jaden Philogene in midfield and then to charge into the box to cross.
The second was a finely worked move finished off by Enzo Fernandez, his second goal in two games.
The Chelsea captain combined with Moises Caicedo and Cole Palmer in the build-up before flicking the ball up and pinging it with the outside of his boot into the corner.
A Palmer special capped things off in the 83rd minute, curled beautifully into the top corner to further enhance Chelsea’s top-four credentials.
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