Enzo Maresca has had plenty of defensive headaches to manage this season. After chronic injuries to the likes of Wesley Fofana and Benoît Badiashile, Chelsea re-called Trevoh Chalobah from his loan spell with Crystal Palace in January, six months ahead of schedule.

As mismatches go, in purely aesthetic terms at least, you don’t find too many more extreme on a football pitch than this. The thin, wiry frame of teenage forward Tyrique George, throwing himself directly up against English football’s most famous mass in Harry Maguire. It was men vs boys stuff, and not far off literally so.

Enzo Maresca has warned onlookers not to judge Chelsea against their past glory days and urged supporters to "trust" him after taking a significant step towards Champions League qualification.