I felt as if it needed to be asked. In three of Chelsea's last four matches, Enzo Maresca made no more than two substitutes in one match.

With the star-studded squad the Italian has at his disposal, it has been strange to see some of the talented players not used in games. Against Crystal Palace, both Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix were left on the bench all game-long even though the majority of the match was spent with the visitors only being one goal to the good. Even when Palace equalised on 82 minutes, Maresca did not bring the duo, who cost almost £100million between them in transfer fees, on.

Being the brave boy that I am, I decided to ask Maresca why he has baffled so many with his substitutes in recent games. The Chelsea head coach, in a light-hearted manner I must add, then replied with another question: "Now we change, let me ask you; which player would you change today?"

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Immediately my mind went to the aforementioned duo. "You had Nkunku and Felix on the bench," I replied, completely shocked that Maresca wanted my opinion.

A snap response from the Chelsea head coach: "Yeah, but for who?". At that moment, I froze. Who am I to tell Maresca who he should or should not have brought off.

It is weird because going into the press conference, I had just watched Chelsea struggle against Crystal Palace. There were quite a few changes he could have made. Cole Palmer looked a bit tired (although he never comes off), Jadon Sancho should have come off earlier, likewise with Pedro Neto, Nicolas Jackson was wasteful in front of goal and an argument could even been made to bring Renato Veiga on and play him in the middle.

Did I say any of that? God no. Instead: "I don't know". It made some people laugh, which is always good. There is always value in that.

I laughed as well. Perhaps more out of embarrassment but I laughed. It was a bit embarrassing. I felt as if I had a million and one things to say yet I said three words that were meaningless essentially.

Looking back at it, though, I have no real regrets. Maresca gave a good answer all in all. He is good at that, speaking to the media. Plus, it was one of those moments, still relatively early on in my journalism career, that I will never forget.

I don't agree with Maresca - I must add. But that is for another article.