Enzo Maresca pitched in on the set-piece debate that is wrapping up the Premier League.
The **Chelsea**boss refused to be drawn into the trend after he watched Wilson Isidor level the scoreline in an eventual 2-1 loss for the Blues against **Sunderland**from a long throw-in. However, he seemed to backtrack a little on his statements, showing he would not discount the idea.
Indeed, the team are already doing a good job of taking chances from set plays, sitting just short of **Arsenal**in the scoring stakes from dead balls in the Premier League. For Maresca, it is a case of not being obsessed too much with these situations and targeting improvement in all areas of the game.
“No, I said many times that as a human being you can say something, but then you have a million people that can interpret it in a different way. And what I can control is what I say.
“What I cannot control is the mind of people, how they can interpret it. I said that in this moment we are not looking for a long throw-in. Because I'm a manager, I love to evolve. Probably one day I will use that. These are my words.
“If people interpret it in the wrong way, I cannot control. I'm not here to control what people think.
“Set-pieces for me is part of the game. You are going to score goals from set-pieces and you are going to concede goals from set-pieces. It's good news after Arsenal we are the team with the most goals.
*“We're going to try to continue to score goals, but not just in set-pieces. In this moment we are in the Premier League, the team with more goals. When we score goals, set-pieces or open play, probably we need to pay a little bit more attention in the goal that we are in this moment conceding.”*