Graham Potter attest to the dangerous attacking players Crystal Palace possesses; says Chelsea will be ready for them.
Chelsea manager Graham Potter has stated that his team will be ready for the dangerous attack of Crystal Palace when the meet later today.
Potter will manage his first Premier League as Chelsea’s manager after he moved from Brighton to Chelsea to replace Thomas Tuchel.
The former Brighton manager is not strange to the Palace team has he acknowledge the work Patrick Vieira has done with the Eagles.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game Potter admits it always a tough game against the London team but they will be prepared for it.
“It’s always a tough game there,” Potter said about playing Crystal Palace on their home ground.
“The Brighton Palace connection is an interesting one but it’s a London derby so I imagine it will be a fantastic atmosphere. It always is there. It’s always a tough place to go.
“I think Patrick has done a fantastic job, with how the team plays. They have lots of attacking players so we need to be ready for that.
“After the international break both teams have had a couple of days to prepare. We need to attack as well as we did [against Salzburg] and then the little things that we didn’t do so well in the games we have to try to get better at.”
Potter has been working intensely with his new players as a behind close door game was played against Brighton when their game against Liverpool was canceled.
“It was important for us to use the players that didn’t play against Salzburg to gather some more information,” he added.
“Then it was the international break with just a few players left with us, so it’s been a case of a little bit of individual work, getting to know the staff around the place and then spending a bit more time together as a group.
“It has been a bit of a tricky time but then again, nothing you can do about it and now we can’t wait to get the games underway again.”
