Premier League new boys Swansea travel to Chelsea at the weekend but boss Brendan Rodgers has no intention of a negative defensive display. Rodgers is returning to face the club that gave him his big break at Stamford Bridge.
The Northern Irishman was appointed youth-team manager at Chelsea in 2004 under Jose Mourinho's stewardship before going on to be promoted to reserve-team boss in 2006.
He said on Tuesday: "We need to respect the opponent, they have world class players. But we went to Arsenal last week and nearly got a result, and they are playing with a similar style to us.
"And for an hour against Manchester City we did very well against one of the top sides in Europe.
"We are learning all the time and we know you have to be collectively right, we are not naive enough to think we can open everything up like we do at home, but we are still going to try and maintain our idea to control possession and dominate with the ball."
