Martin Keown strongly disagrees with the decision from Graham Potter to use Marc Cucurella and Reece James as centre-backs during his final Chelsea game in charge.
Graham Potter was dismissed as Chelsea boss on Sunday night, making it two managerial sackings for the Blues this season.
His last game was the weekend’s 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa in the Premier League.
Ollie Watkins and John McGinn both scored for Aston Villa to send Chelsea sliding down to the bottom half of the league table.
TalkSPORT pundit Keown highlighted a decision from Potter against Villa that left him puzzled.
He was stunned to see Marc Cucurella and Reece James both start in Chelsea’s back three, with Kalidou Koulibaly sat in the middle.
The aforementioned duo are regarded more as full-backs than centre-backs, albeit they’ve both shown defensive versatility in the past.
“I’m looking at Cucurella playing in central defence at the weekend, and for me, I feel you can’t do that. You can’t play two full-backs [in a back three],” Keown told talkSPORT.
He later added: “I think he had to go in the end because their result were just shocking. It’s a results business.”
Hopefully, Blues interim boss Bruno Saltor doesn’t deploy the same tactic this evening against Liverpool.
Chelsea centre-halves Trevoh Chalobah and Benoit Badiashile both sat on the bench at the weekend, so Bruno has the option to mix things up tonight.
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