Man of The Match. My guy has arrived. He looks very confident right now.

OFFICIAL PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Jamie Gittens

Your Chelsea side tonight. 📝 #CFC | #UCL

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🗣 Maresca on Hato: "He is a very good player, he can be a central defender, or a full-back, a midfielder in the attacking phase. He can play in different positions."

Maresca asked if he’ll punish players for getting red cards : “ I have four kids, when they do something wrong, I do not punish them. I try to teach them to do the right things. I try to do this with the players too. This is the way I like to do things”

🚨Maresca says Liam Delap is "very close" to returning and he "hopes in the next days he will take part in the sessions also".

Enzo Maresca on Fernandez: 🗣 "Enzo took part in the session yesterday, we have one more session and we will see what we do tomorrow. It's not something to be worried about but we just have to protect Enzo." ~ @NizaarKinsella

‼️ Marc Guiu has been told he will be under consideration for Spain’s World Cup squad next summer if he plays enough, so he needed the game-time to earn his place. ~ @SJohnsonSport

Luis Enrique: "One day I would like to play against Strasbourg with my whole team. And it will be nice to see two big teams playing football in the best way."

🗣 Enzo Maresca: "What we need to do with Wes [Fofana] is what we have done with Reece [James]. Now, Reece is playing three games a week, he's fit, he's good."

🚨 Pedro Neto on his free kick goal: “We were watching clips and normally when you roll the ball from the free kick then he (Sels) gives a step to the right to try and see the ball or to get some space.

🗣 Enzo Maresca on Acheampong: "I really like Josh. We showed him confidence last season. He is doing well. It's important that he is ready when others are out.

🗣 Enzo Maresca: "I spoke with Behdad (Thursday) night. It was just a normal conversation like almost every week. Even if you (the media) struggle to accept or to understand.

🗣 James McAtee on Cole Palmer: "In the academy, we were competing against each other for a spot sometimes, but I remember watching him score in the Community Shield and the Super Cup for the first team, thinking, ‘

Chelsea XI vs Nottingham Forest.

🗣 Alejandro Garnacho: "I think we have a team that can fight in the league and for the rest of the trophies, and we want to try to win at least one trophy. Because of the moment of the team, of the club, I think we can fight for the big trophies. It's the dream we have."

🗣 Ange Postecoglou on facing Chelsea: "We have a chance tomorrow to really do something. There’s no fear or trepidation; it’s just excitement about playing a good side. We’re here at home, so let’s get the place rocking and achieve something special.

Maresca asked whether he thought his £8,000 fine was a steep punishment from the FA, Maresca said: 🗣 “It’s a lot, but it’s the rule. I’m quite happy to accept the consequences after that goal.” When asked whether it had been worth it, he simply replied: “Yes.” ~ @MrDomSmith

Brazil legend Zico compares Estevão to Yamal: 🗣 “He’s a very good player. He shares a lot of characteristics with Yamal. He has a lot of ability with his feet, he’s very strong and I think he can become a very good player and do a lot of good things for Chelsea.” ~ @obionepodcast

Back at Cobham.

‼️ Dario Essugo is potentially out until January. ~ @BBCSport

‼️ In fairness, the plan appears to be to continue with high player turnover and use transfer sales as an extra income stream, much as Chelsea have done for many years now. Whether they’re able to do it to the level they need remains to be seen. ~ @TheAthleticFC

‼️ Enzo Fernández has withdrawn from the Argentina national team tour due to synovitis in his right knee. ~ @Argentina

🗣 Granit Xhaka on Cole Palmer: “He’s amazing. How much he improved after his move from Man City to Chelsea, unbelievable! He’s the key man in my opinion, he finds the spaces between the lines, he finds the last pass and he can score as well himself.” ~ @SkySports

Moisés Caicedo: “It was Jackson, who has left the team. I was with him everywhere. I went to his house, he came to mine, we played PlayStation, I always beat him (laughs). I have a very good relationship with him.” {Banco Guayaquil on YT}

🗣 Casemiro on Estevão: "He’s a young player, we can’t put too much pressure on him. It’s very important to say this, even with him, we have to emphasise this. Because we know of countless players who, if you put pressure on them, their performance drops."

Cole Palmer's return is expected within weeks – not days, not months, but weeks – after Chelsea diagnosed a strained groin which requires no surgery. ~ @kierangill_DM

🗣 Mike Penders: “Of course, you have some truly top matches in Ligue 1. In two weeks, I’ll be playing against PSG, who won the Champions League.

Enzo & Alvarez 🇦🇷

Jamie Redknapp on Caicedo: 🗣 “Normally a number 6 doesn’t have this quality. You talk about him, Rodri, Gravenberch – those three are as good as anything in world football. He possesses so many good attributes.

🗣 Wayne Rooney: "It’s a clear problem Liverpool have got in the right back area. Chelsea have seen that and exploited it. The Liverpool back-four were all over the place at times, there were warning signs early on." ~ @BBCMOTD

Reece James: "I didn’t expect to play centre-back, it’s one of the positions I’ve never played before! It’s high-level football, I had to adapt and play the best football I could."

🗣 Arne Slot: “You go here to Stamford Bridge with them having eight injuries, so you’re like, ‘This can be positive, then they probably don’t have the options from the bench’. But they did still have a few good options from the bench to impact the game.”

This was overwhelmingly a win for Maresca. Without eight players before the game, he saw both of his starting central defenders forced off with fitness issues.

📊 Aged 18y 163d, Estêvão is the youngest Brazilian to score the winning goal in a Premier League game. » @Squawka

Jamie Redknapp on Chelsea: 🗣 "Winning the Club World Cup was huge for this team, but it's come at a cost. Look at PSG, they're decimated by injuries. So I think Chelsea will be a slow burner as well, and we'll get better as the season goes on. And we're so quick to judge teams right now,

Willy Caballero on Maresca's celebration: 🗣 "It's something special for any manager, no manager can hold inside what they feel. Unfortunately for him he was already on a yellow. We are all human beings. We have been players, we love to see that. For sure all of us we can learn from that as well."

Willy Caballero on if Enzo Maresca will pay a fine for being sent off: "He's always paying many things for us. In this case, we cannot say nothing for him. But for sure, we will talk about it. I don't want to do many press conferences!" [via @BobbyVincentFL]

This picture will put a smile on your face. We are all Cole Palmer. 💙

Moises Caicedo on his goal vs Liverpool: "Everything is for God. I had the opportunity and I did it. When I shot I knew the ball was going to go in, a fantastic goal. It was a great goal." [via @SkySportsPL]

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🗣 Enzo Maresca: "I think it's a fact that I really trust the young players. Not just the young players that we buy, but also the young players from the academy.

If Marc Guiu plays a single minute for Chelsea, he would not be able to be loaned away in January and would have to stay where he is for the entire season. ~ @kierangill_DM

🗣 Beniot Badiashile: "Estevao is a magic player. He will [make] a big difference for us during the next few years, and we’re really happy to have him with us." ~ @HaytersTV

🗣 Joe Cole: "Pedro Neto has been brilliant. He’s fast becoming a fans’ favourite at Stamford Bridge. He was Chelsea’s best player tonight by a mile." ~ @footballontnt

Enzo Maresca says Andrey Santos will be out until after the international break. #CFC

Champions League night at Stamford Bridge coming up

Cole Palmer is watching the academy game pitch side in the UEFA Youth League