Chelsea endured a nightmare second outing of their pre-season tour in the United States as they were thumped 4-1 by Celtic in Indiana. Growing pains should always be expected at the start of a new manager's reign, but there will undoubtedly be plenty of concerns over the first 180 minutes of football played by Enzo Maresca's Blues across the pond.
The Pep Guardiola acolyte has so far shown little sign of adaptation in a head coaching role. Maresca loves a 3-2-5 possession structure which sees the right-back drift into midfield to, in theory, provide more passing options in the build-up and offer a greater central presence to protect against the counter-attack.
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