Glenn Hoddle has questioned Enzo Maresca’s set-up against Arsenal, suggesting it inhibited Chelsea’s main attacking threat Cole Palmer. The Blues, searching for their first Premier League win against Arsenal since 2021,

Enzo Maresca’s time at Chelsea is off to a promising start, and the Italian coach is enjoying more than just the results on the pitch.

“There are games, especially today, where if you do a basketball game, they [would] destroy us because Newcastle are strong. “They are good, they have some very good players in transition. “If you want to attack with two passes, they are long distance and they [Newcastle] can recover the ball and create and cause problems.