Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca dismissed suggestions that the reaction of the Old Trafford crowd forced him to rethink his plans to bring Alejandro Garnacho off the bench against his former employers Manchester United on Saturday evening.
Maresca had insisted that Garnacho was “ready to start” heading into this weekend’s trip to Manchester. The summer recruit who was frozen out at United by Ruben Amorim had been afforded just two substitute appearances for Chelsea following his £44 million ($53.9 million) move at the end of August.
