Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari says the passion of the Premiership has surprised him.

He told chelseafc.com: "Most surprising for me is the competition between the clubs. It is different than other championships, because I was in Kuwait, in Saudi Arabia, in Japan, in Brazil, and the competition is different, it doesn't have the passion.

"It is first against second club, first against tenth, but not passionate, no motivation.

"Every week here you have a different style to play, you have a different team that you need to win against. And never will you say before the game 'it is an easy game'.

"This is very good for the coach and for the players. This is the different style that I look at here."