Chelsea are competing in European football’s third-tier competition for the first time in their history and bidding to become the first club to have won all three major European competitions — having previously won the Champions League and Europa League — as well as the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

Chelsea ’s win over Liverpool on Sunday boosted their Champions League hopes and may also have saved them from paying a sizeable transfer fee this summer. Enzo Maresca ’s side opened up a three-point gap on sixth-placed Nottingham Forest with a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge, one of their most impressive displays of the season.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has stuck by the style he's bought to Stamford Bridge and claims his players aren't capable of certain tactics - which is hampering him