Enzo Maresca, Chelsea manager (Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has been handed a one-match touchline ban and fined £8,000 for inappropriate behavior during his side’s 2-1 Premier League win over Liverpool on October 4, 2025, the Football Association announced on Wednesday. Maresca will miss Chelsea’s Premier League game against Nottingham Forest on Saturday due to suspension. The Italian manager received two yellow cards during the Liverpool match. The first was for protesting a penalty decision, the second came in the sixth minute of stoppage time for over-celebrating Estevao Willian’s winning goal. The Football Association confirmed that Maresca had openly admitted to the allegations of misconduct. The win against Liverpool was particularly significant as it helped Chelsea avoid a third league defeat in a row and moved them up to sixth in the table. “Running on the touchline and celebrating with the players was an instinctive reaction,” Maresca told Italian media, adding that “even if he was sent off, it was worth it.” The win came at a crucial time for the under-fire manager as Chelsea had lost their previous two games before facing Liverpool at home.
