Chelsea have kept their biggest weakness from Enzo Maresca era after 5 goals suffered | OneFootball

It’s been a good start for Liam Rosenior replacing Enzo Maresca at Chelsea. He’s bagged 4 wins from his 5 games.

His first steps replacing Enzo Maresca haven’t been easy, but he’s got points on the board and has easy games coming up. The flurry of fixtures was tricky to manage, but he’s navigated it well.

There’s a lot that fans want to see improved, and a fast attacking game remains the dream, but today we started to see some tactical shifts away from the previous manager’s ideas.

Chelsea and the rest of the league struggle with set piece meta

Liam Rosenior speaks to Chelsea TV.

But as Nizaar Kinsella pointed out in his article post game, there is still also a weakness remaining from the Maresca era:

“However, a key vulnerability remains: set-pieces. Since Rosenior joined Chelsea, all five goals they have conceded have come from set-plays – one long throw-in, one deep free-kick and three corners.”

It’s something that we need to work on, but it’s also just the reality of the game at large in the Premier League. Lots of teams, from Arsenal at the top of the league all the way down, are focusing on a strong defence and set pieces to get ahead.

Chelsea need to up their game to guard against it, but there’s also a limit to what they can do about it while training time is so limited. Rosenior will be have seen exactly where these goals are coming from, and fixing it will be at the top of his priority list.

In other news…

Chelsea fans sang the praises of Liam Rosenior after the win yesterday, and that’s a very positive sign. The manager was asked about that after the game.

Estevao had a superb impact yesterday, and after the game Liam Rosenior spoke a little about how he was going to help manage the youngster’s progress.