Enzo Maresca was asked in the press conference yesterday about what he thought his team’s best showing of the season had been, and in typical manager style he chose a defeat.The opening day game

Enzo Maresca warned his Chelsea players they cannot rely on Cole Palmer to “solve all our problems” as they prepare for a gruelling run of Premier League fixtures, beginning with Sunday’s meeting with Liverpool.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk insists he has been ‘impressed’ by Chelsea ’s early-season form and says Enzo Maresca’s squad is ‘full of very good footballers’. Chelsea endured another chaotic summer in which Mauricio Pochettino left the club and ex-Leicester City boss Maresca took over at Stamford Bridge.