ANY Premier League forwards who happen to catch some of Chelsea’s pre-season will be licking their lips.
It is very early days but under Enzo Maresca this looks a team who will offer up a host of chances.
Had Celtic been a touch sharper here in Indiana they would have bagged far more than four against the Blues, racing in behind Chelsea’s extremely high line time and again.
Conceding four against the Scots off the back of a 2-2 draw with Wrexham is hardly an ideal start for Maresca – but this is a huge change of approach at Chelsea.
It is not only going to take some getting used to for his squad, but supporters too as they offer up chance after chance.
The result will hardly concern Maresca at this stage – Celtic had played four games before this encounter compared to Chelsea’s one against Wrexham.
But mistakes and a lack of understanding have little to do with how much energy and intensity is in the legs.
Just as was the case against Wrexham in California, Chelsea conceded a cheap goal trying to play out from the back when Benoit Badiashile played a pass straight to the feet of Luis Palma.
But the high defensive line was offering up far more than some stray passes at the back.
With Reece James moving into midfield on the ball, the Blues back three were left exposed time and again.
