It felt ominous for Ange Postecoglou that Evangelos Marinakis was nowhere to be seen as Nottingham Forest crumbled, Reece James adding Chelsea’s third goal to nil with six minutes of regular time to play – and so it proved when the Australian was dismissed shortly after the final whistle.
Marinakis had long since vacated his seat in the directors’ box. He did so around 15 minutes into the second half, with Chelsea 2-0 up after goals from Pedro Neto and Josh Acheampong, things threatening to turn ugly from a Forest perspective.
