Enzo Maresca: Chelsea not the same as club that regularly competed for trophies

The Blues were two points behind leaders Liverpool on December 22 but have collected only nine points from eight games since.Download

Enzo Maresca said Chelsea are not the club they once were. Pic: Bradley Collyer/PA

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca says the current club is “not the same” as the one which regularly challenged for the Premier League title during the last 20 years.

The 45-year-old faces a fight to keep alive his side’s ailing top-four pursuit after winning just two of their last eight in the league, with their brief dalliance with the title race before Christmas long extinguished.