Noni Madueke has responded to criticism after being spotted immediately heading for the Chelsea dressing room after being substituted against Arsenal.
, after 68 minutes for Mykhailo Mudryk.
TNT Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand was among those, saying: “It’s disrespectful to your teammates. I think the manager protecting him is mad, that’s a two-week fine!” Madueke, who will say it himself, has not been in his best form in recent weeks, but Maresca has continued to trust the attacker for both his attacking and defensive contributions.
Maresca defended his player after the draw in the Premier League, responding: "The problem is when you change a player, they are never happy. Probably the only way to be happy is after the Wolves game where he scored a hat-trick and we changed him, so he was happy. It's not only about Noni, it's about all the players.
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