Maresca, who won the Championship title with Leicester City last season, steered Chelsea to just one victory in six friendly fixtures over the summer, with their aforementioned heavy defeat to Man City followed by a 2-1 loss against Real Madrid
Erik ten Hag was left unimpressed by Manchester United's players in their 1-0 pre-season loss to Rosenborg, saying their performance was "by far not good enough" and "not the top standard of football".
"In the last game [against Real Betis] I played 15 minutes, today I played a bit more. We have a couple of good games to play until the end of theseason. I just want to be ready for them.
Puel told Sky Sports: "I think we deserve the result, because I think we get more chances than City. It's a fantastic result for the team, a good reward for the mentality and togetherness since the beginning of theseason.
April 8, my team and I decided to postpone the surgery till after the shoot. While I was in Nigeria the reunion date was also set, so I killed both birds with 1 stone.
Chelsea will tackle Manchester United in their first game of theseason Giroud said he 'feels good' after training with Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic for the first time at the club.
But the 2018-19 season's favourite Messi, will not be involved in the Champions League final after his side failed to go past the last hurdle into the finals.
Former Manchester United defender, Paul Parker has backed the Red Devils to win the UEFA Europa League this season. Parker believes Ruben Amorim's side have a good chance to lift the Europe's second top-flight competition.
The 32-year-old joined as a free agent from Middlesbrough, after his short-term deal ran out at the end of last season. It is understood that Mikel Obi will earn about 4 million euros (about N1.6billion) for the entire length of the deal.
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"All the rest of the week was good so far. So now we have to make sure that we can transform that on the pitch because we better be at our best otherwise it could be tricky." The match is scheduled at 4:30 pm.
Watford also became the first team to beat Liverpool in the league this season. It was goals from Ismaila Sarr (2) and Hornets captain Troy Deeney (1) that nailed the EPL leaders.