"Enzo Maresca has admitted Chelsea's disciplinary record must improve but the head coach is adamant he will never punish his players for getting red cards. Chelsea, who will be without the suspended Joao Pedro when they host Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday night, were reduced to 10 men for the fourth time this season when Malo Gusto received a needless second yellow card during the closing stages of last Saturday's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest."
"They are all different kinds of red cards, but if you concede four or five it's something that we have to improve. I have four kids and when they do something wrong, I don't punish them. I try to teach them to do the right things. I try to treat the players in the same way. I think the players have a system inside the changing room, so a fine is something that they manage."
Chelsea have accumulated 28 yellow cards across competitions and sit bottom of the Premier League fair play table, creating avoidable problems. The team was reduced to 10 men for the fourth time this season when Malo Gusto received a needless second yellow late in a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, a dismissal described as avoidable given the scoreline. Maresca served a touchline ban earlier after a sending-off against Liverpool. The squad is the youngest in the league, and Maresca rejects punishing players for red cards, preferring to teach and rely on the dressing-room system for fines and self-discipline.
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