Liam Rosenior sees no need for a radical change after the opening win over Chelsea

In fact, they were pleased with Chelsea’s 5-1 win on Saturday, but substitutes Liam Delap, Pedro Neto, Enzo Fernandes, Estevao and Willian proved too much for a tired Charlton side to handle.

Rosenior is the first Chelsea manager to win his opening match since Antonio Conte in August 2016, and enjoys the biggest margin of victory since Luiz Felipe Scolari in August 2008.

“I have to say I’m happy with the starting lineup,” Rosenior said. “I was happy with the front three. I felt excited [Garnacho] He continued to move forward with his solo works.

“Marc Guyot was fantastic, he deserved his goal. Jamie [Gittens] It looked like he was heading towards the defenders. He seemed to be able to create a lot of moments. So there are a lot of real positives and a good start.”

The most impressive player was defender Jurel Hato, who scored the opening goal and played in the role played by Mark Cucurella last season.

Hato, 19, made inverse runs into attacking midfield positions when Chelsea were on top, finding himself in dangerous areas and eventually taking advantage.

The £37m summer signing from Ajax had previously struggled at Stamford Bridge, but since Maresca left the club, he has produced his top three performances, playing important minutes against Manchester City and Fulham in recent league matches.

“I saw him play at Fulham,” Rosenior said. “I was very impressed with him at the time. He took it to another level today. Not just in terms of his goal, I felt his defensive qualities were at the top.”

There was concern when Rosenior explained that Cole Palmer, Reece James and Malo Giusto had been left out due to the knocks they suffered in the defeat to Fulham last Wednesday – especially with tougher tests to come.

Arsenal will play in the Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday, while Chelsea host Brentford at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin told 5 Live: “He will be judged on his performance against good teams in the Champions League, against Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa – those are the teams he will be judged against, so we will have to see.”

“He’s had a great month with a lot of games where he can see a lot of players. Four league games, two away games – and one of them is against Wolves, who haven’t had a great season yet.

“There’s no easy way out, but this is as amicable as possible. He will have learned which of his players are fringe players. There are a fair number of players he will be happy with.”

However, it wasn’t all happiness: Chelsea supporters continued their ownership protest throughout the match, even chanting “Attack, attack, attack” as their team waited until half-time to make the breakthrough.

The atmosphere among fans remains tense, amid mistrust of ownership. A potential risk for Rosenior to be wary, given that he has joined Todd Buhle and Clearlake Capital’s other Strasbourg club, he could easily be described as a yes man.

When asked about the chants, Rosenior said: “All I’m going to focus on right now is working as hard as I can to help this team achieve the potential – the unlimited potential – that it has. And if you focus and focus on your work, hopefully people will see that we’re on to something good.”