Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, in conversation with TNT Sports: “A difficult game because everyone expected us to win, but you have to be serious and professional and the most important thing is that they showed how serious and professional they are.

“I’m very impressed, especially because we try to change players every game. It works well. We have good players and we want them to get minutes. Some play in the Conference, some in the Premier League, but they all want to play every game.”

On what impressed him most: “How professional and how serious we have been tonight. Tonight they showed how serious they are.

“We are in the right direction and the most important thing now is to keep going. We have one more game before the international break and we can rest some of them at half-time.”

“I would have liked to play with all those attacking guys. But you need defensive balance.”