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Enzo Maresca blamed the pitch and the weather after Chelsea drew with Brentford(Image: PA)

Enzo Maresca blamed the SUN as Chelsea dropped points at Brentford on Sunday.

The Blues made the short trip to their west London rivals but were held to a goalless draw by the Bees.

None of the top five in the Premier League secured victory over the weekend and Chelsea's draw came after their manager took a risk by resting several of his top players - Cole Palmer among them.



The visitors lacked a cutting-edge in attack, but Maresca chose to blame the weather rather than his frontmen.

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It was a bright day in Brentford with the Sunday shining and the Italian cited that among his excuses, claiming it also contributed to the pitch being dry.

He said: "I think overall we played a good game.

They tried to kill the tempo of the game, so for me it was a complete game.

"But overall, as I said, I think we did enough to win the game.

Several years ago Jurgen Klopp blamed a dry pitch on a hot day when Liverpool headed to Craven Cottage, only to leave with a share of spoils against Fulham.

Jurgen Klopp took issue with a dry pitch when Liverpool previously drew with Fulham

He said: “We got a point from a really bad game from my side so now it’s a question of ‘How can that happen?’ The attitude was not right in the beginning and then we wanted to fight back but it wasn’t easy any more.

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