Enzo Maresca admits Chelsea a long way from competing with Premier League’s best

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Enzo Maresca refused to be too hard on Chelsea after a 2-0 loss at Ipswich but conceded the result shows they are a long way from being able to compete with the Premier League’s best. A barnstorming display by Liam Delap helped Ipswich register a first top-flight home win in 22 years as he scored a 12th-minute penalty and then laid on Omari Hutchinson’s goal eight minutes into the second half. We are far from competing and consistency and to be there with the best teams in England Enzo Maresca It was Town’s leading scorer Delap who won an early contentious spot-kick, which he fired past Filip Jorgensen in the 12th minute after Chelsea’s back-up goalkeeper had been penalised for minimal contact. Dometimes it is not the right day for us.” A first Premier League home triumph for Ipswich since 2002 was worth the wait for the Portman Road faithful and McKenna acknowledged it was perhaps the “best achievement” of his successful three-year reign at the club.