The Blues were level not long after, with Semenyo the guilty party as he felled Estevao in the box. VAR deemed the contact worthy of a penalty, which Cole Palmer tucked away – just about – beyond Djordje Petrovic on the quarter-hour. Enzo Fernandez slammed home the second as Chelsea turned the game on its head just eight minutes later, arrowing an effort into the top corner to leave Petrovic rooted to the spot. However, the hosts were undone once more by the long throw, as Semenyo’s launch into the area on 27 minutes found its way through to Justin Kluivert, who had ghosted in at the far stick to bundle home from the flick-on. Reece James and Pedro Neto were introduced by Maresca at the interval to instil some calm into a fraught affair, but it was Estevao down the left, switching from the right to accommodate Neto, who injected further adrenaline into the encounter.
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