
If Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca were to offer an explanation for Liam Delap’s absence against Tottenham Hotspur, it may be closer to stupidity rather than suspension.
The normally placid Italian head coach tore into his 22-year-old striker in midweek after he was baited into a pair of brainless yellow cards during Wednesday’s nervy Carabao Cup victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.