Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca tends to rotate his squad for each game.

The Italian made seven changes for the 2-2 draw against Qarabag in the Champions League.

This marks the fifth consecutive match across all competitions where Maresca has made at least seven changes to his starting XI, a strategy that has brought criticisms.

Chelsea have made 85 changes in 16 matches this season, the highest of any Premier League team, but Maresca doesn’t see anything wrong with it.

Maresca explained his reasoning behind the changes: “Yeah, I think I’ve tried to explain already many times.

“We have players, the intention tonight was to rest Enzo, to rest Caicedo, to rest Gusto, to rest more players, because they are not able to play every three days. They need recovery from last season, as you said, the Club World Cup affects a lot.

“We try to rotate when you win, no one mentioned all that. I know that when we don’t win, everyone is focused on that and now I think it’s important to recover energy for Saturday and go again.”