“Obsessed with possession” – John Terry makes indirect dig at Enzo Maresca at Chelsea | OneFootball

Former Chelsea captain John Terry has appeared to take an indirect dig at current Blues manager Enzo Maresca and his style of play.

The news comes after Chelsea were defeated by Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon, losing to a first half headed goal by Mikel Merino.

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The game was obviously not without its drama and Chelsea fans saw what they expect to see every time Robert Sanchez starts, and that is him making a silly mistake and giving away a goal. This time he got lucky, but Maresca continued to back his goalkeeper at the full time whistle once again.

Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber was seen mocking Maresca on the side lines in an interaction that has annoyed Blues fans even more.

All in all it wasn’t a good performance from Chelsea and it lacked intensity, desire, energy, and any kind of real belief that they could get something from the game.

We are now into an international break and a chance for Chelsea’s players and Maresca to have a bit of a reset before our next game against Tottenham!

Terry aims dig at possession football

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We all know that Enzo Maresca wants his Chelsea side to play out from the ball on every occasion, and play possession football. So these comments by Terry, whether aimed at Maresca or not, are an indirect dig at him and any manager who plays this way.

Terry said on talkSPORT this week:

“I think everyone is obsessed with possession and playing out from the back, it drives me crazy!”

Of course, Terry is not going to openly criticise Maresca, but he is talking exactly about his style of football in these comments.