Calum McFarlane was asked about his tactical plan against Liverpool today, and gave a textbook McFarlane answer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n Calum McFarlane is what\u2019s known as a \u201csteady eddy\u201d in terms of his personality, and his answer today about Chelsea\u2019s game plan against Liverpool was a perfect example.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t seen the data. I think we were effective down both sides, in my honest opinion,\u201d the interim manager responded when asked if his team had deliberately targeted the right hand side of Liverpool\u2019s defence.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI thought Cole (Palmer) and Malo (Gusto) caused them real problems with their rotation on the right, and I thought, yeah, you\u2019re right in terms of Cucurella running off the ball and finding space with great movement. So, it was definitely something that we knew (could be effective).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s pretty funny (and quite in keeping with the kind of character that McFarlane seems to be) that he says he needs to \u201csee the data\u201d to work out whether Chelsea had targeted Liverpool\u2019s right hand side. Firstly, you\u2019re the manager, Calum! Did you tell them to target it or not? Secondly, we haven\u2019t seen any data, but we watched the game and it was very clear that 90% of Chelsea\u2019s threat was being generated down that side, with Cucurella repeatedly breaking in behind.<\/p>\n McFarlane also gave an important injury update on two players who are facing to be fit for next week\u2019s FA Cup final.<\/p>\n Levi Colwill was superb for Chelsea this afternoon, and he racked up some seriously impressive stats for the Blues.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nStolid McFarlane responds to tactical questions<\/h2>\n
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