Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall hailed Enzo Maresca as a "breath of fresh air" after breaking his Chelsea duck in their 4-2 victory over Gent in the Europa Conference League. (More Sports News)
Midfielder Dewsbury-Hall followed Maresca from Leicester City to Stamford Bridge during the clo🍃se season but has had to be patient in a Blues squad stacked with tale🤪nt.
But he🍃 scored Chelsea's fourth on Thursday after ��Renato Veiga, Pedro Neto and Christopher Nkunku were all on target in the Blues' opening league-phase encounter.
He was one of the Blues' bright sparks, having four sh♛ots in the game, three of which were in the box, and scored his one bi💝g chance.
Speaking to TNT Sports after the game, Dewsbury-Hall spoke glowingly about his manager and loves the high standards a🌺t Chelsea.
"I'm over the m🅠oon. I've been waiting for that mom𒁏ent since joining the club, to show everyone what my qualities are," he said.
"Scoring the goal is an amazingꦐ feeling. I won't forget this night.
𝐆"I pride myself on working as hard as I can every day. I'd like to play more,💃 but it's my duty to make sure the manager has a decision to make. I feel fresh.
"I've loved it. You come through the door and expectations are through the roof. The standards are so high. It's so🐼 nice to play with players on your wavelength - top, top players.
"It's about learning and evolvi🎃ng. That's literally what I'm ༒here for.
"He [Enzo Maresca] is a breath of fr🍌esh air. I was taken aback by him last year. Everything he did was passionate and motivated. You can see the lads are buying into it."
Mares♊ca appeared particularly enthused about Dewsburꦉy-Hall's goal, celebrating with a jump when he netted.
The Italian said: "I know Kiernan very well. I know when you are 💦the main player and then move to a big club it's not easy b✃ecause you're not the main player.
"Someti🉐mes you struggle a bit at the beginning, so I was very happy for him."
