📣 Maresca shoots down Caicedo caution claim ahead of Leicester clash | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca insists he will not take excess caution with Moisés Caicedo in Chelsea's clash with Leicester City.

Caicedo is one booking away from incurring an automatic two-game ban ahead of Maresca welcoming his former employers to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

But the Blues' head coach has downplayed the possibility of the Ecuador international being stood down due to his looming disciplinary issues.

"I know that they said this to me, but at this moment for us, it’s about winning games," said Maresca.

"We need to win games, so we cannot plan giving Moi a rest thinking that he can play Arsenal.

"We need to win against Leicester and then we need to focus on how we can beat Arsenal. It's just game by game and we need our best players on the pitch."

He added: "The position of Moisés, if you see his background, last year he had 11 to 12 yellow cards, the year before the same, because he's a midfielder.

"You are in the traffic. Sometimes you have to make some fouls. It's normal. Hopefully, he can avoid that until the end, knowing that probably it's difficult.

"But the good thing is that we have also Roméo [Lavia] now, he's started with us already. He can be back. We need to be ready.

"Reece [James] can be a midfielder so we'll see."

Chelsea could potentially move into the Champions League qualification spots with a win over the Foxes if Manchester City drop points at Nottingham Forest.

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