Despite being impressed by the way his young players kept their composure at Tottenham, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca refused to accept that his young squad is ready to mount a serious title challenge.

“Arsenal, [Manchester] City and Liverpool probably don’t slide – like [Marc] Cucurella did,” he said in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the misfortune of his Spanish left-back, who changed his boots after Tottenham’s second goal.

“To be serious, we are not ready. We are far from these teams, but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.

“The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down. They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in.”

Chelsea are four points behind leaders Liverpool having played a game more.

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