Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca defended his team’s display in their narrow 1-0 win over struggling Leicester, reminding critics that Premier League football is ‘not PlayStation’.Stamford Bridge witnessed another unconvincing performance as the league’s second-bottom side held out comfortably until the hour mark when the unlikely figure of Marc Cucurella blasted in from 30 yards to get lacklustre Chelsea out of jail.

Points and results are still king and Maresca is just about holding on in that sense. Chelsea fans, like Leicester ones last season, have shown him support but also dissent. That was what Pochettino found by the end and Maresca, since his first match as manager at Stamford Bridge 12 months ago, has found things to be just as volatile.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has raved about Marc Cucurella after the win against Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.The Blues got the better of Leicester 1-0 at home in London in the