Maresca was obviously pleased to see debutant Sancho come on to set up the winning goal, but he wasn’t the only sub to impress our head coach.
‘I’m very happy for Jadon, he was very good. Joao was very good also, Christo scored but also he was very good.
‘The reason I used Christo in that moment was I thought we were creating chances but we lacked quality inside the box. So the idea to use him as a nine was because any ball inside the box we know he’s a quality player and could decide the game.
‘I asked a lot of Jadon but what he did tonight was exactly what we expected from him. I know Jadon very well because I watched him for many games in the past and I know what he can give us.
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‘But I’m happy with all of them. Christo was very good, he scored and he fought without the ball. Jadon was exactly the same. Tosin [Adarabioyo] was also very good.’
Christo is doing perfect. He didn’t deserve to miss out, Misha didn’t deserve to miss out, but sometimes you have to make a decision. The good thing is when they go on they are ready and they give everything.’
