Enzo Maresca says Cole Palmer better get used to Premier League opponents assigning a man to mark him out of games because the world’s best players have to handle that.
Chelsea try to help Palmer by tweaking his positioning week by week if their pre-match analysis suggests he will be targeted.
In last weekend’s 2-1 win over Newcastle, for example, Maresca moved the 22-year-old towards the left-hand side of the pitch rather than the right like usual to keep him away from Joelinton.
Chelsea travel to Manchester United today in search of their first win at Old Trafford since May 2013, when Sir Alex Ferguson was still in charge.