There were just 28 minutes between the time the full-time whistle was blown at Molineux and Enzo Maresca beginning his post-match press conference. It was an unusually swift turnaround and that meant the rage inside the Chelsea head coach was still present.

The Blues may have won against Wolves on the night, progressed into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, and scored four very good goals, but Maresca was far from a happy man.

"The three goals we conceded, I think all of them we can avoid and for sure today also we had a very stupid red card that is completely unnecessary," replied an angry Maresca to a question that was not even about Liam Delap.

"Absolutely, yes," he responded when asked if Delap's red card was deserved. "I completely understand when there are red cards like Brighton or Man United that is difficult, but the red card against Nottingham Forest and the red card today, both we can avoid. And we have to avoid that.

"It's embarrassing when it's...