With just one win across their last five games across all competitions, and two consecutive Premier League defeats, pressure is growing on the 45-year-old.
Fans and the press have quickly forgotten the good work put in throughout this summer’s Club World Cup and are starting to question whether Maresca is the right man for the job.
Speaking ahead of their Champions League clash with Jose Mourinho’s Benfica on Tuesday (September 30), Maresca hit back at claims he’s destined for the sack.
The Blues head coach said: "I think there is no reason to be negative. The club showed me the stats that in the last six months we lost five games, four of them with a red card (against Brighton, Manchester United, Newcastle and Flamengo).
“The only game that we lost 11-11 was Bayern Munich away. So that’s why I said for me personally there is not any reason that we need to panic knowing that football is a crazy world.
"For sure we like winning games. But also the reality is that there is not any pressure. The pressure we have is the pressure that we know that being at Chelsea as a player, as a manager you need to win games.
“But at the same moment the reality is that for different reasons, injuries and red cards, we lost five games in almost six months. At the same time I think it’s something not bad."