Chelsea defender Trevor Chalobah has been sidelined after an injury in their 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa. Coach Maresca pivoted his strategy, moving Pedro Neto into an attacking role that proved beneficial with Enzo Fernandez scoring. While the team showed promise, it faced other injury challenges, particularly with forwards Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu. Juric comments on the missing players for Southampton, including Jan Bednarek and discusses the adaptation of January signing Welington to the faster pace of English football. The match statistics suggest a trend of high-scoring games for Chelsea at home.
"It could be a good option for us," reflected Maresca. "We tried [that position] with Pedro days before the game and we saw he could do that. It was positive."
"He has to acclimatise," Juric said of the Brazilian. "He has to be ready for this kind of football. It's much faster than in Brazil and there [are moments] when the other players are faster."
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