After Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their round of 16 Conference League match on Thursday, manager Enzo Maresca focused on the Premier League’s top-four race rather than celebrating.

Enzo Fernandez and Reece James scored goals in the second half to give Chelsea a second straight victory for the first time since December, but Gabriel Pereira responded for the home team.

“It was a little bit of a sloppy goal (we conceded), we could’ve avoided that. But it’s football, it can happen … we’re happy we won,” Maresca told reporters.

“But the most important thing is Sunday’s game.”

Fifth-placed Chelsea, who host Leicester City on Sunday, sit a point behind Manchester City in a race to secure the Premier League’s fourth automatic Champions League slot for next season.

“From now on every game is important and if we can win against Leicester on Sunday we can take one more step towards our target, which is finishing in the Champions League positions,” Maresca said.

Despite being sent off due to an injury in the first half, the manager stated that defender Malo Gusto might still be available for Sunday.

“He’s okay, he’s better.

“They just said to me he could possibly be available for Sunday’s game, so hopefully we will have him for Sunday,” Maresca added. To