When Bruno Saltor announced his first-ever line-up as a manager on Tuesday evening, there was some confusion about what formation his Chelsea side would come out in.
N'Golo Kante was handed his first start in just under eight months against Liverpool with the Frenchman one of three midfielders for the hosts at Stamford Bridge. Mateo Kovacic and Enzo Fernandez, who had played the previous games in a midfield pairing, were starting alongside Kante in the middle of the pitch.
Bruno's thinking was to try and match up against Liverpool's three-man midfield of Fabinho, Curtis Jones and Jordan Henderson and the change in tactics worked. The Reds were unable to get anything from midfield and the visitors struggled to deal with the intelligence and aggression of Chelsea's three at times.
