Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has no problem with the man-marking of opposition teams. The 27-year-old has already provided 14 assists in the Premier League since signing from Barcelona for £30million in the summer.

He is aware that teams are starting to put a player on him to stop him from making an impact.

However, the Spain midfielder said: "I'm used to it and take it as a compliment. But it's a challenge as well, which I have to try and cope with.

"It all depends if the other team are pressing high or if they are dropping off but sometimes it is really unexpected for me.

"The day we played Liverpool [Chelsea won 2-1 in November], I didn't expect someone to be behind me the whole game and it was Jordan Henderson, who actually did the same thing with me when he was at Sunderland and I was at Arsenal."