Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea are over-reliant on Cole Palmer and rejected criticism of the midfielder's body language in recent games. Chelsea slipped to seventh in the Premier League with a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday,

Enzo Maresca admits Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen is ‘sad and upset’ after his blunder against Aston Villa, but he will remain first choice for now. The Blues have had issues in goal all season as Robert Sanchez started as first choice but was eventually dropped due to poor form.

Enzo Maresca has confirmed Chelsea's target is to finish in this season's Premier League top four. Chelsea are currently in sixth position and one point behind Manchester City who occupy fourth place.

Trevoh Chalobah was forced off just eight minutes into Chelsea's 2-1 Premier League defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.

The full transcript from Cobham as Enzo Maresca conducted his pre-Southampton press conference ahead of the Blues' Premier League clash with the Saints on Tuesday evening

Chelsea news as Enzo Maresca turns to a youthful bench against Aston Villa and one prediction comes true straight away