Chelsea boss Maresca has opened up a can of worms: "The last 48 hours have been the hardest since I joined the club."

Chelsea enters Saturday on a bit of a whimper on all fronts. After beating Barcelona in UEFA Champions League action last month, the club has gone winless in its past four matches. Along with losing to Leeds United earlier this month, the Blues only have draws against Arsenal and Bournemouth.

Enzo Maresca said Reece James' recent increased game time is partly because the defender himself is asking for more involvement despite the club's cautious load

Chelsea have given up one (1) goal in Fofana’s last six (6) starts, and that one goal was scored by Arsenal, with a man advantage. Incidentally, that goal exploited Fofana’s one major weakness: losing track of a striker off his back shoulder. But we can work on that.

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