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sport news Risk taking Graham Potter did not play it safe against Salzburg and he has work ... trends now
sport news Risk taking Graham Potter did not play it safe against Salzburg and he has work ... trends now

sport news Risk taking Graham Potter did not play it safe against Salzburg and he has work ... trends now

Risk taking Graham Potter did not play it safe with his surprise team selection, tactics and formation changes against Salzburg... but the result did not reflect the performance and he has work to do with Chelsea There was certainly nothing predictable about Potter's first team selection The £100m pair of Kalidou Koulibaly and Wesley Fofana were on the bench UEFA team-sheet had Chelsea as a 4-2-3-1 when they started out as a 3-1-4-2  The Blues remain bottom of Group E following the 1-1 draw on Wednesday night

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If ever there was an occasion for a manager to play it safe it was perhaps this one.

Graham Potter’s first game in charge of Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge and in the Champions League. A night when only victory would do for Chelsea after defeat in their Group E opener at Dinamo Zagreb left them on the back foot.

But if there is one thing that is abundantly clear about Potter it is that the safe and easy option are not really what he does.

Graham Potter would have hoped for more after his first game in charge of Chelsea

Graham Potter would have hoped for more after his first game in charge of Chelsea

The move which kick-started his coaching career from non-league Leeds Carnegie to Ostersund in Sweden was anything but, and sums up the risk-taker element of Potter that so appealed to Chelsea’s owners.

There was certainly nothing predictable about his first Chelsea team selection.

It contained just

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