Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca expects the Blues to face a tougher test from Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday following the sacking of Erik ten Hag.

Chelsea have not won at that stadium since a 1-0 victory in May 2013, when Sir Alex Ferguson was still in charge.

“When you change manager, always for the first one, two, three games, you can see the reaction from the players,” Maresca said. “So probably it will be.

“For sure, Old Trafford is one of the stadiums in the world that is ‘nice’ in terms of intimidation. Like Anfield. Or in Italy, the San Siro years ago, or in Spain, Barcelona and Madrid. They are stadiums that are nice for intimidating.

“We played a few weeks ago at Anfield and the performance was there. I don’t think the players feel that kind of intimidation so hopefully it can be the same on Sunday.”