Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca couldn’t disguise his smile after guiding the Blues again into the Champions League for the primary time in two years.
The 2-time winners of the competitors completed fourth within the Premier League after defeating Nottingham Forest on the ultimate day.
Newcastle and Aston Villa each dropping factors meant the London membership jumped in behind Manchester Metropolis and can be part of them alongside Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham in subsequent season’s elite competitors.
Talking after the sport, Maresca was filled with reward for his squad, saying: “They develop lots as a staff and a participant and so they confirmed how good they’re right this moment.
“I hope so, we introduced this membership the place it must be. We completed sixth final 12 months and more often than not, they neglect that.
“The one factor I knew was when Man United scored their second one. They instructed me 2-0. We didn’t want the remaining to drop factors, we received.”
Captain Reece James had an excellent sport in defence, preserving Forest at bay and celebrating wildly at full-time.
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After recovering from extra harm issues this time period, he – alongside his boss – couldn’t disguise his delight within the post-match celebrations however insisted there’s nonetheless another sport to come back.
He added: “”It’s a tremendous feeling.
“We knew coming right here on the ultimate day can be powerful. They’ve had a tremendous season – they’ve a lot menace going ahead.
“We needed to dig in. We each wanted to win, however I’m so completely satisfied that the staff bought the job finished right this moment.
“We speak about being the most effective team-mate and all people confirmed that right this moment.
“So many individuals earlier than the season, through the season had disbelief – they instructed us ‘we have been you younger, inexperienced and weren’t going to make it’.
“However we’re right here.
“The season has been lengthy and hard. We began off so effectively, however then we had a dip.
“Going into one other last and we have now our eyes on the prize.”
