Squad rotation has been as central to Enzo Maresca’s early management of Chelsea as balls, bibs and cones. But in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup exit at Newcastle, for the first time in his tenure, the Italian got it wrong.
The Blues crashed out with a 2-0 defeat on Tyneside and thus missed out on a home quarter-final against Brentford on a night when Manchester City’s exit gave the competition a suddenly open feel.
