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Kieran King

Graham Potter accused of "very confusing" tactics and "trying to be too clever"

Ian Wright was confused with Graham Potter's tactics as his Chelsea side were beaten 4-1 at Brighton on Saturday afternoon.

Potter, on his first return to the AMEX Stadium after leaving the club in September, started with Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic as the two wing-backs, with Marc Cucurella as one of the three centre-backs. Ben Chilwell and Cesar Azpilicueta were both named on the bench despite being natural defensive-minded players and perhaps better suited for the wing-back roles.

It isn't the first time that Potter has decided to play attacking players in that position, having done it against Chelsea and in the clash with Salzburg on Tuesday night. Interestingly, it didn't work on either occasion and Potter had to switch up his tactics at half-time.

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