'Fantastic': Jadon Sancho names the Chelsea player he was most impressed by in 4-3 win over Tottenham

Jadon Sancho delivered one of his best performances of the season to date during Chelsea’s 4-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur, one Enzo Maresca was extremely proud of.

Whilst a lot of the focus was on Cole Palmer’s latest exploits for Chelsea at full-time, Maresca was keen to praise his wingers, too.

Both Sancho and Pedro Neto were incredibly industrious on the wings, two players who fully understood the demands of their manager. 

After the win, Chelsea moved up to second spot in the Premier League demonstrating their remarkable progress under Maresca, an appointment which wasn’t popular at the time.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	14	11	2	1	29	11	18	35
2	ChelseaChelsea	15	9	4	2	35	18	17	31
3	ArsenalArsenal	15	8	5	2	29	15	14	29

Jadon Sancho praises Marc Cucurella despite his Tottenham nightmare

That being said, when speaking to BBC MOTD at full-time, Sancho shared some praise for Marc Cucurella as well as lifting the lid on Maresca’s half-time message. 

The winger hailed Cucurella as ‘fantastic’, even if he did cost Chelsea two goals early on owing to his poor choice of footwear.

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Sancho began: “Going 2-0 down in the first half was not ideal but I knew we’d come back into the game when we got that first goal.

“Going in at halftime, the gaffer was telling us we were in the game. I have so much belief in the players so I knew we’d come out firing.

“They’re very aggressive and we knew we’d catch them if we broke the lines and beat the press. The gaffer told us to stay wide and create the one-on-ones.

“I’ve been working on my shooting a bit more. The staff and the players have been telling me otherwise.”

Then asked about Cucurella’s boots, Sancho continued: “They’re going in the bin after this game. After the mistakes, I thought he played fantastic. We believe in Cucu.

“We’ve got back-to-back games every week, we need this rotation in the squad. There’s one team and then another team. It gets rotated and it works.

“We’ve got so many talented players and we push each other. I’m thankful I’m here.”

Enzo Maresca spots Tottenham game plan

As mentioned, Sancho was brilliant himself against Spurs, and that was perhaps because the home team had their main attention elsewhere.

Yves Bissouma was man-marking Palmer, something Enzo Maresca spotted and then spoke about at his press conference.

In terms of their Premier League fixture list to come, Chelsea will surely feel as if they can win all four of their league games before the end of the year.

Palmer looks unstoppable right now, and Nico Jackson is also slowly improving each and every week.

A well built squad after a ton of investment, and one that Maresca is already getting the best out of.