Enzo Maresca hails Chelsea star as ‘the best in the world’ after beating Spurs | Football

Enzo Maresca believes Moises Caicedo can be considered the best defensive midfielder in the world after Chelsea’s 1-0 win against Spurs on Thursday evening.

Enzo Fernandez’s header secured the victory over Spurs at Stamford Bridge which has put Chelsea fourth in the Premier League and five points behind Nottingham Forest in third spot.

Caicedo, meanwhile, delivered another dominant performance at the heart of Chelsea’s midfield and the £115 million signing from Brighton remains one of the standout players under Maresca this season.

When Jamie Redknapp suggested after the game that there are not many better midfielders in the world than Caicedo on current form, Maresca told Sky Sports: ‘Absolutely, I completely agree with you.

‘I think in this moment he’s one of the best, or the best defensive midfielder in the world.

‘He’s doing fantastic. The best thing about Moi is that every day he’s working serious, he’s very humble, he’s very kind, he’s polite, he’s a fantastic guy.

‘I think today was another great performance.

‘Also I think we had more players like Trev Chalobah who did a fantastic game. But I think overall the team was good.’

In a separate interview with Chelsea’s in-house media channel, Maresca added: ‘Moi was once again top tonight.

I think Enzo was in the right position again, arriving in the box, Trev Chalobah was also good.

‘But I think all of them, Levi [Colwill] was top, I think Malo [Gusto] was very good, I think the performance has been a complete performance from all of them.’

Colwill also hailed Caicedo’s impact on helping Chelsea keep their fourth successive clean sheet at home in all competitions.

‘Moi is just breaking up everything, he’s making everything look so easy,’ Colwill said.

‘For me, if I had a mic on me when I’m playing, all you’d hear is,’ oh, wow, Moi’, that’s all I do because he makes it so easy for us in the defence because he stops everything before it gets to us.’

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