When reminded by this newspaper on Friday that Chelsea have lost every single away game against Newcastle United since 2021, Enzo Maresca slumped back into his swivel chair and exhaled in exasperation.
The Chelsea manager threw his hands aloft, too, and seemed to be bracing himself for a question that might imply he were responsible for all four of those defeats — which he isn’t. But he was in the dugout for both of the last two.
