""A very poor night," Maresca told a news conference. "They [Leeds] deserved to win the game, they were better in all aspects.""
""There is nothing that we can take from this game," Maresca added. "The only thing we can do is try to understand the mistake we have done, try to reset, because in 48 hours we have one more game.""
""I hope that we had a bad night because they were on the ball, off the ball, second ball, they were much better than us in all the aspects.""
""I think the feeling with Estêvão was, you know, a little bit 'welcome to Leeds,'" Maresca said. "Sometimes aged 18, you struggle to manage emotion, so it was better to change him and to avoid any red card.""
Chelsea lost 3-1 to Leeds United, dropping to fourth place and falling nine points behind Arsenal in the Premier League. Leeds led 2-0 at halftime through Jaka Bijol and Ao Tanaka. Pedro Neto reduced the deficit in the 50th minute, but a defensive mistake by Tosin Adarabioyo allowed Dominic Calvert-Lewin to tap in for a 3-1 lead. Estêvão was withdrawn at the interval after receiving a yellow for kicking out at Gabriel Gudmundsson to avoid a potential red card. Cole Palmer returned as a second-half substitute after more than two months out with a groin injury.
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