Was Chelsea's draw in Baku result of too much squad rotation?

"On Wednesday, substitute Alejandro Garnacho saved Chelsea by equalising early in the second half, in a chaotic, open 2-2 draw at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku. Estevao Willian had opened the scoring but mistakes from defender Jorrel Hato saw Leandro Andrade and Marko Jankovic put Qarabag ahead - a shock lead given they are a team worth just 22m, which is less than 1m per squad player."

"However, this was a very different starting 11. Just goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, full-backs Reece James and Marc Cucurella, and forward Joao Pedro started in North London. It was the fifth-consecutive match across all competitions where manager Enzo Maresca has made at least seven changes to his starting 11. No Premier League club has made more than Chelsea's 85 changes in 16 matches across all competitions this season."

"Defending his approach, Maresca said: "When we make changes it is because we think the plan with the players that start is the correct one. "I think today, we start in the right way, we score the goal and then, again, we concede two goals that we can avoid. [Also] in their box, for the amount of times that we are there, probably we can be more clinical.""

Chelsea drew 2-2 with Qarabag in Baku after Alejandro Garnacho equalised early in the second half. Estevao Willian scored first before Jorrel Hato errors allowed Leandro Andrade and Marko Jankovic to give Qarabag a shock lead. Qarabag's squad value is around 22m, markedly lower than Chelsea's squad worth over 1bn. Chelsea fielded a very different starting XI from the recent Tottenham match, with only Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Marc Cucurella and Joao Pedro retained. Enzo Maresca has made at least seven changes in five consecutive matches and 85 changes in 16 games, and he defended the rotation as tactical and said the team improved after half-time but lacked clinical finishing.

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