Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca has identified Pedro Neto as the Blues player who played really well against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.

Neto featured as Aston Villa defeated Chelsea 2-1 at Villa Park.

Enzo Fernandez put Chelsea in front in the first half, but two goals from Marco Asensio gave Unai Emery’s side the victory.

Speaking after the game, Maresca hailed Neto, adding that Chelsea were a bit unlucky against the hosts.

“Today, Pedro [Neto] played really well and we tried with him during the week. It works well with him. But we did not win and we have to be upset,” the Italian said at his post-match interview.

“If you are not clinical, this league is always open – if you make a mistake, like we did in the second goal unfortunately. When we have the chance, we have to take that.

“Once again today, we showed we can be good for long parts of the game. But that’s not enough. The performance has to be complete.

“We need to score goals when we have the chance and defend well, but I thought we defended well today. It is a moment where we were also a bit unlucky.”

Chelsea’s next game is against Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.