Carragher says “top coach” Maresca is on a level with Guardiola, Arteta and Slot in this aspect

Monday Night Football is Everton against Sunderland, but pre-game, as always, the weekend’s big fixtures were analysed by Jamie Carragher.

Chelsea’s tactical rotations praised by Carragher

Spurs – Chelsea got a good few minutes, and the Blues’ in possession play was praised by the former Liverpool man.

“I’ll tell you a manager who can coach this, and that is Enzo Maresca. We’ve seen this a lot from Chelsea since he came in, it’s nothing new,” Carragher said.

“What you see in terms of rotations is: you’ve got a central midfield player in Reece James, now part of a back three in the middle there, splitting the centre backs.

“You’ve got your right back, at times you see it with the left back – Cucurella. He’s taking up almost right sided attacking midfield positions. And you’ve got Enzo Fernandez, who spent a lot of time in the game in this role, at times pulling wide, but also at times he was pulling wide, but he was also pulling Palhinha onto the last line.”

“Now what happens: the ball comes in to Joao Pedro, and what you’ve got now is, that’s your centre forward, and your right back is your highest player on the attacking line.

“So when you talk about rotations, this is what the managers at the really top level can do. Pep Guardiola, Arne Slot, Mikel Arteta, Enzo Maresca. They can coach the rotations and the movements.”

You can see Carragher’s demonstration in the clip embedded here:

“This is what the managers at the top level can do”

Enzo Maresca’s coaching is in the same bracket as Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, says @Carra23 pic.twitter.com/MaTAhYW8lZ

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