Ruud Gullit pinpoints the one key difference that separates Liverpool and Chelsea from Man City

Former Chelsea midfielder Ruud Gullit pinpoints the one key difference that separates Liverpool and Chelsea from Manchster City. “Chelsea must do more – especially considering Liverpool and Manchester City’s impressive starts – if they want to be involved at the top of the table for the long haul,” said Gullit in an interview with the BBC. “It might seem counter-intuitive considering left-back Marcos Alonso was key to both Chelsea goals on Sunday, but Maurizio Sarri’s full-backs are not as effective an attacking threat as their Liverpool and City counterparts. “When a side sits deep, it is very difficult to unpick them by playing narrow and in front of them. “For City, full-back Benjamin Mendy’s delivery from the left has given them a new dimension this season. Against Huddersfield last weekend, he delivered 12 open-play crosses, more than any other City player since the start of last season. “Against Brighton on Saturday, Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold were dynamic and dangerous, overlapping at pace to get in positions close to the byeline from where they could get in telling crosses and cut-backs.” On Chelsea’s starting full-backs, Gullit added: “I just do not think Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta are those sort of players. Alonso is more like a midfielder – very elegant on the ball, clever with how he uses space and angles – but he does not have the pace to unsettle a defence. “Azpilicueta played for much of last season as one of previous boss Antonio Conte’s three centre-halves.”

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