Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has hailed Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca as "top level" and named him in the same bracket as Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and Arne Slot.

Carragher was analysing Chelsea's well-deserved 1-0 win at Tottenham on Saturday and assessed how the Blues managed to build the ball up from the back and transition it into an attack.

After slamming Tottenham's "passive" and defensive-minded approach, Carragher then decided to highlight how well Maresca has coached Chelsea to be able to dominate matches when in possession.

"I'll tell you a manager who can coach this, and that is Enzo Maresca. We've seen this a lot from Chelsea since he came in, it's nothing new," Carragher said Sky Sports.

"What you see in terms of rotations is: you've got a central midfield player in Reece James, now part of a back three in the middle there, splitting the centre backs.

"You've got your right back [Malo Gusto] - at times you see it with the left back, Cucurella....