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Chelsea Coach Maresca: "I watched 38 games of Liverpool in one week"

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca shared how he watched 38 Liverpool matches in just one week to study the team's style of play.

“When I finished playing and started as a manager, I watched 38 games of Liverpool in one week, to study and to analyse how good they were with the previous manger in terms of pressing and this kind of thing. I really know Liverpool players because I watched them many times. That team, the first one, two, three years with Klopp, the way they were pressing was especially because (Mohamed) Salah, (Roberto) Firmino and (Sadio) Mane. 

“It’s not only on the ball it’s also off the ball. The way they are aggressive was something unbelievable. I really like Salah not only because he is good on the ball but because he is a fantastic player off the ball," Maresca told Chelsea News.

Today, October 20, Chelsea will face Liverpool away in the 8th round of the Premier League.