VIDEO: Footage shows Chelsea sloppy defensive errors against Celtic.

 The Enzo Maresca era is continuing and so far, it looks more and more confusing as to why Chelsea decided to dispense with Mauricio Pochettino.

A draw with Wrexham and now a truly terrible defeat to Celtic will only lead to more questions from fans and rightly so after a strong end to last season.

In the hazy heat of the United States, the Scottish giants were simply so much better than their Premier League opponents.

Just 18 minutes in, Celtic had the lead and one they richly deserved. Matt O'Riley finished smartly in the box after some clever interplay, beating Robert Sanchez, who had made more than one excellent save beforehand.

Before the half-hour mark, Celtic should have been 2-0 up, but Kyogo Furuhashi was denied by Sanchez at close range in superb fashion.

But he made no mistake two minutes later, finishing a cross into the box to hint towards something approaching humiliation for the Blues.

Enzo Maresca made expected changes at half-time and Raheem Sterling, on as a sub, hit the bar within a minute.

But they faded badly, and Celtic scored a third and fourth in quick succession, twice taking advantage of some absolutely dreadful defending, particularly from Benoit Badiashile, in what quickly became a nightmare.

Christopher Nkunku pulled one back from the penalty spot late on but ultimately, humiliation it was.

Chelsea's Defense:

Throughout the game, Chelsea were repeatedly cut open by simple, quick passing from Celtic. They started with a back three, with Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile and Levi Colwill, and none of the three played well.

Brendan Rodgers' side seemed to clock the deficiencies in the Blues' system early in the game, and were very quick to move the ball up the pitch, sometimes going from defence to attack with one through ball.

On more than one occassion, Celtic worked an opening in which they produced an overload, and isolated a Chelsea defender, and scored with a similar move, as multiple quick passes around the box opened up space for O'Riley to pass into the back of the net. The second goal was probably more troubling, as Celtic came down the right-hand side, played the ball in behind the backline, and Kyogo finished a simple cross. It was too easy.

Add the third goal - Badiashile merely passing the ball to Luis Palma on the edge of his own box in a truly moronic piece of play - and a fourth in which barely anyone made any moves to stop the Celtic attack and it adds up to a defensive disaster.

Enzo Maresca has accepted that Chelsea will concede goals playing his style of football, but this was truly disastrous.

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FOOTAGE 3: Peter Drury gives a detailed account of all conceded goals in a thread:

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