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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at Stamford Bridge

Maresca’s wild sprint a red-hot release after Chelsea stifle misfiring Liverpool

Chelsea’s players are quickly joined by Enzo Maresca as they revel in their stoppage-time winner against Liverpool
Chelsea’s players are quickly joined by Enzo Maresca (right) as they revel in their stoppage-time winner against Liverpool. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Unleash the carefully metered ticker-tape gun. Crack out the cautiously decanted champagne. This is a game that will perhaps be remembered above all for Enzo’s Run.

With 95 minutes on the clock, as Chelsea’s 18-year-old substitute Estêvão Willian scored the winning goal even before the shared intake of air around Stamford Bridge had been transformed into a barrelling roar, Enzo Maresca was off, sprinting down his touchline at astonishing speed, and showing classical form, hands carving the air, knees high, like a small, bald track-suited Allan Wells, then leaping with his players into the crowd.

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