Noni Madueke got a goal and an assist, as Chelsea defeated Southampton 5-1 on Wednesday.

Surprisingly, after the game, Blues boss Enzo Maresca criticised Noni Madueke for being lazy in training.

Enzo Maresca has now revealed why he criticised Noni Madueke.

“Noni, like I said, overall he is working well since we started but sometimes he drops a little bit and he’s not allowed to drop,” Maresca said.

“In terms of numbers, he is doing fantastic, goals and assists, off the ball when we ask him to defend and to press, he’s doing very well.

“The only reason I said this the other day is because I want the best for Noni. Probably the only way to get the best from him is to push him every time and the moment he relaxes a little bit, he is wrong.

“I try to be close to the players but sometimes even when you want to be friends, if you say something wrong to your friend, sometimes he is not happy.

“But he has to know that what you say is because you want to take care of him. The only reason I said this about Noni is because I want the best for him.

“The way I like to have a relationship with the players is to be quite close. At the past at Leicester I had fantastic relationships with the players. This is the way I like to have relationships with the players and I’m trying to do the same thing here.

“The problem is if you say something they don’t like, they think you don’t want to be close, but a way to be close is to show them that I take care of them.”