Following questions about his decision, Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has addressed his choice to leave Jadon Sancho out of the squad and in an earlier fixture the bench for Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle. Sancho, who joined on loan from Manchester United this summer, was replaced by Pedro Neto in the starting lineup.
The decision followed Sancho’s substitution at halftime during their defeat to Liverpool nine days earlier. Maresca clarified that Sancho’s exclusion wasn’t due to injury or fitness concerns but was instead a “technical decision.”
