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The biggest difference was inside the penalty boxes- Chelsea Head Coach on shock draw with Qarabag

Yaw Adjei-Mintah by Yaw Adjei-Mintah
November 5, 2025
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Chelsea's Argentinian midfielder #19 Alejandro Garnacho shoots and scores the team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League league phase football match between Qarabag and Chelssea (Photo by GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)

Chelsea's Argentinian midfielder #19 Alejandro Garnacho shoots and scores the team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League league phase football match between Qarabag and Chelssea (Photo by GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)

Chelsea Football Club head coach Enzo Maresca has stated that his team’s shocking draw against Azerbaijan side Qarabag was down to the difference in execution inside the opposite penalty boxes.

Chelsea needed an Alejandro Garnacho in the 53rd minute to draw 2-2 with Qarabag despite having fast start with Estevao scoring in the 16th minute.

The Blues conceded twice in 10 minutes to trail at the end of the first half got the equalizer through Garnacho’s firm strike and Maresca highlighted actions in both penalty boxes proved to be the biggest difference in the game.

“In our box, we conceded two goals that we can avoid. In their box, for the amount of times we arrived there, we need to be a bit more clinical.”

Estevao of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Qarabag FK and Chelsea FC at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium on November 05, 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Chris Lee – Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

“We started in the right way, we scored the goal then we conceded two silly goals. We started in the right way, we scored the goal then we conceded two silly goals” he said to the club’s media.

Chelsea’s Argentinian midfielder #08 Enzo Fernandez reacts during the UEFA Champions League league phase football match between Qarabag and Chelsea at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku (Photo by GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)

Midfielder Romeo Lavia was replaced in the eighth minute by Moises Caicedo after picking up an injury.

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