Chelsea 1 Celtic 4

Enzo Maresca’s slow start to life as Chelsea head coach continued with a heavy defeat to Celtic in a pre-season friendly in Indiana.

Chelsea’s defensive vulnerability was ruthlessly exploited by Celtic, who are two weeks ahead of the west Londoners in their pre-season preparations and looked the sharper side.

Matt O’Riley nonchalantly passed the Scottich champions ahead before making the second goal for Kyogo Furuhashi. Celtic got behind Chelsea’s defence at will in the first half and would have scored more but for the goalkeeping of Robert Sanchez.

The Premier League side dominated the second half and created multiple chances, only to concede two cheap goals in the space of four minutes. Benoit Badiashile tried to play out from the back but gave the ball straight to Luis Palma to score the third. Palma then released Mikey Johnston to poke the fourth.

Christopher Nkunku’s late penalty, awarded for a foul on the lively substitute Raheem Sterling, was a consolation of sorts. Chelsea did some good things in attack but the ease with which Celtic exposed their defence suggests there is plenty of work for Maresca to do.

Celtic vs Chelsea: As it happened

10:58 PM BST

FT: Chelsea 1 Celtic 4

All over at Notre Dame Stadium. Celtic were sharper and more ruthless than Chelsea, who are still learning how Enzo Maresca wants them to play. They were decent in attack, and could easily have scored four themselves, but their defending needs work.

10:57 PM BST

Goal!

90 min: Chelsea 1 Celtic 4 (Nkunku pen) Nkunku sends the keeper the wrong way to give Chelsea a peedie consolation.

10:56 PM BST

88 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 4

Penalty to Chelsea Sterling draws a clumsy tackle from Donovan in the box, a clear penalty.

10:54 PM BST

86 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 4

Bergstrom denies Celtic a fifth goal, which might have prompted a few #MarescaOut hashtags. It’s a pre-season game against a side who are two weeks ahead of Chelsea; let’s not get carried away.

10:50 PM BST

84 min: Chelsea substitution

The exciting Tyrique George replaces Marc Guiu.

10:49 PM BST

82 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 4

A long-range shot is comfortably saved by Chelsea’s sub keeper Bergstrom.

10:47 PM BST

80 min: Chelsea substitutions

Lucas Bergstrom, Renato  Veiga and Angelo Gabriel come on for Sanchez, Colwill and Madueke.

10:46 PM BST

Goal!

79 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 4 (Johnston) Another one for Celtic, and it was far too easy. Palma clipped a simple pass over the top to Mikey Johnston, who scurried through and poked the ball past Sanchez.

10:44 PM BST

Goal!

76 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 3 (Palma) Chelsea are again caught trying to play out from the back. Badiashile plays a desperate pass across the edge of his own area, straight to Palma, who moves away from Tosin and drives decisively past Sanchez.

10:43 PM BST

73 min: Celtic substitutions

10:39 PM BST

72 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Time for another drinks break. It is sweltering in Notre Dame Stadium.

10:38 PM BST

69 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Sanchez comes 20 yards out of his goal and then telegraphs a driven pass that is cut out by the stretching O’Riley. The ball ricochets to Kyogo (I think), who scoots past Sanchez but goes too wide for a shot. That was almost a calamity for Sanchez, who isn’t good enough on the ball to satisfy Enzo Maresca.

10:36 PM BST

69 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

The willing Guiu bullies a Celtic player off the ball and finds Madueke, who wins another corner. Madueke doesn’t beat the man at the near post.

10:34 PM BST

67 min: Celtic substitutions

Matthew Anderson and Yang Hjun-jun replace James Forrest and Greg Taylor.

10:34 PM BST

67 min: Chelsea substitutions

Andrey Santos and Malo Gusto come on for Reece James and Romeo Lavia.

10:32 PM BST

65 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

More Chelsea pressure. Madueke finds Nkunku 10 yards from goal, but he’s surrounded by defenders and can’t get a shot away.

10:30 PM BST

63 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Sterling escapes in the inside-left channel but overhits a fairly simple low pass to Madueke at the far post. A better ball would have given Madueke a tap-in.

10:30 PM BST

62 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Celtic’s best attack of the half. Taylor gets round the back on the left and floats a deep cross towards O’Riley, whose header back across goal is blocked by Colwill.

10:28 PM BST

61 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Chelsea’s next games are against Club America on Thursday and Manchester City a week tonight. But all that really matters is the opening league game three weeks tomorrow: City at Stamford Bridge.

10:24 PM BST

58 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Chelsea have dominated the second half, with Celtic yet to create an opening never mind a chance. They were getting behind the Chelsea defence at will in the first half.

10:23 PM BST

56 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Celtic sub Stephen Welsh for Cameron Carter-Vickers.

10:23 PM BST

55 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Madueke does very well to win a corner for Chelsea. It bounces around the area until Nkunku hooks an overhead kick into orbit.

10:20 PM BST

52 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Sterling has looked sharp since coming on at half-time. His snapshot is really well saved by Schmeichel, low to his left, and the rebound hits Guiu before bouncing agonisingly wide.

10:17 PM BST

49 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Another chance for Chelsea! Sterling scurries into the area and tries to find Nkunku to his right. The pass is behind him but runs perfectly for Madueke, who sweeps well wide from 15 yards. That was a terrific chance.

10:14 PM BST

46 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Three chances for Chelsea! Guiu wriggles free after 25 seconds and has a shot blocked by Schmeichel. Sterling sweeps the loose ball off the crossbar and Guiu puts the rebound straight at Schmeichel.

10:13 PM BST

46 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Celtic begin the second half.

10:12 PM BST

Half-time substitutions for Chelsea

Tosin Adarabioyo, Raheem Sterling and Lesley Ugochukwu replace Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka and Mykhailo Mudryk.

09:55 PM BST

HT: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Celtic are a fortnight ahead of Chelsea in their pre-season preparations and it showed during the first half in Indiana. Matt O’Riley scored a classy opening goal and made the second for Kyogo Furuhashi. Although Chelsea were pretty good in attack, Celtic got behind Cthem on numerous occasions.

09:51 PM BST

43 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Guiu, the young No9 signed from Barcelona, beats Schmeichel to the ball in the area but then runs out of room. He looks quite sharp up front.

09:49 PM BST

40 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Excellent move from Chelsea. Nkunku sprays a crossfield pass out to Madueke, who moves infield and plays a sharp square pass to Chukwuemeka. He charges into the area, shifts the ball away from a defender and rattles a shot from a tight angle that is well saved by Schmeichel.

09:45 PM BST

37 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

Celtic get behind Chelsea yet again, only for Palma to shoot straight at Sanchez from the edge of the area. There was ap layer on the far side screaming for the ball.

09:44 PM BST

35 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2

James’ outswinging corner is headed wide at the near post by Fofana.

Substitution: Celtic bring on Luis Palma for the injured Daizen Maeda.

09:42 PM BST

Goal!

33 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 2 (Kyogo) Robert Sanchez can’t save Chelsea this time. Ralston slides an angled pass into O’Riley, who screws an excellent low cross that gives Kyogo an open goal.

09:40 PM BST

32 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1

Celtic look much sharper than Chelsea; they’re also much closer to their best XI. You’d expect that as they are only a week away from their first league game as compared to three weeks for Chelsea.

09:38 PM BST

29 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1

Great save by Sanchez! Celtic get behind Chelsea yet again, two on one this time. Maeda slides the ball across to Kyogo, whose close-range shot is brilliantly saved by the flying Sanchez.

09:36 PM BST

28 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1

Aaaaand we’re back.

09:34 PM BST

25 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1

Badiashile wallops a square pass straight out of play, the signal for a drinks break. Chelsea made a flying start but then Celtic took over and they deserve to be ahead.

09:32 PM BST

23 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1

Madueke slaloms infield and tees up Mudryk on the edge of the D. His first-time shot hits a defender and dribbles through to Schmeichel.

09:28 PM BST

Goal!

19 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 1 (O’Riley) It’s been coming. O’Riley receives a short pass from Taylor in the area, opens his body and passes the ball into the far corner with his left foot. Classy finish.

09:26 PM BST

18 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

Sanchez makes another pretty good save, diving low to his left to push Forrest’s shot round the near post.

09:25 PM BST

17 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

A bit of a lull. Enzo Maresca might be slightly concerned at how easily Celtic have played through Chelsea, but it’s a pre-season game, so you know.

Reece James, in central midfield, pings a sweet strike from 25 yards that is blocked.

09:22 PM BST

14 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

This is a very open game, as pre-season friendlies tend to be. A reminder that if it’s level after 90 minutes, the match will go to penalties.

09:20 PM BST

12 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

Celtic play through Chelsea for the second time. Maeda’s cross shot has the sting taken out of it by James and Fofana completes the clearance.

Moments later Hatate’s crisp low strike from 25 yards is well saved by Sanchez, sprawling to his right.

09:19 PM BST

A familiar face

09:17 PM BST

9 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

And now a chance for Celtic. Chelsea push right up to the halfway line and are easily played through. An early ball from the right is collected at the far post by Kyogo, whose shot is blocked at the near post by Sanchez.

09:15 PM BST

6 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

More chances for Chelsea. Madueke’s cutbakc is met by Nkunku, whose shot is kicked away by Schmeichel, and he springs to his feet to save Chukwuemeka’s follow-up.

09:13 PM BST

4 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

Good save! Mudryk’s chip takes a deflection and loops towards Nkunku eight yards out. His powerful header across goal is pushed away dramatically by the diving Schmeichel.

09:12 PM BST

3 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

Chelsea are having plenty of the ball, the way Maresca likes it. It looks like Reece James is playing the hybrid role: part right-back, part central midfielder.

09:10 PM BST

1 min: Chelsea 0 Celtic 0

Chelsea kick off from left to right as we watch. Reece James has again started in midfield in a 3-2-4-1 formation.

Chukwuemeka is put through by Guiu after only 12 seconds, but he overruns the ball slightly and that allows Taylor to slide in and concede a corner.

09:05 PM BST

Here come the players

It’s 30 degrees in Indiana but all the Chelsea players are rocking tracksuit tops. Scott Brown would surely approve.

09:02 PM BST

Kick off delayed

The match should be under way by now. It isn’t, though I’ve no idea why. Pre-season sluggishness maybe.

08:51 PM BST

The main man

08:26 PM BST

Celtic XI

James Forrest and Cameron Carter-Vickers start for Celtic in place of Stephen Welsh and Nicolas Kuhn.

08:26 PM BST

Chelsea XI

Wesley Fofana – starting his first game in more than a year – and Mykhailo Mudryk come into the Chelsea team in place of Tosin Adarabioyo and Tyrique George.

07:59 PM BST

Chelsea still adjusting to new style under Enzo Maresca

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the pre-season friendly between Chelsea and Celtic at the Notre Dame University Stadium. Chelsea are starting again, again, this time under their new Italian manager Enzo Maresca. He’s a disciple of Pep Guardiola and, like Pep, he’s not for turning – or lumping it.

Chelsea’s desire to play out from the back was a factor in both the goals they conceded in a 2-2 draw with Wrexham earlier in the week. But Maresca is interested in the long-term rewards, not the risks. “For sure, we are going to concede goals this season playing out from the back,” he said. “Hopefully, not too many. It is one of the risks that you have trying to build from behind.

“I think you are going to concede in different ways, so you need to decide in which way you need to concede a goal. Sometimes teams that try to build from the back concede goals but I think you are going to score more than you concede.”

Maresca said he was happy with the performance of Robert Sanchez, who is expected to start again tonight – but Sanchez isn’t the best with the ball at his feet and the BBC are reporting that Chelsea have agreed a deal for the Villarreal keeper Filip Jorgensen as well as the teenage Boca Juniors defender Aaron Anselmino. While Anselmino will return to Boca on loan, it looks like Jorgensen will be the first-choice keeper.

That’s for the future, as is the tricky prospect of Enzo Fernandez’s return to the squad next week. Tonight is about playing football and playing out from the back, whatever the consequences.

Kick off is at 9pm.