The match was then formally terminated as a contest when Enzo Maresca responded to this setback by withdrawing three-quarters of his front line and sending on a cavalry of defenders. Chelsea’s manager was accused afterwards of unseemly panic: it was only United, after all, and most sides would expect to manage pretty well against them these days, even after granting them superior numbers, a two-goal start and access to a specially trained swarm of killer bees. Again, though, in those particular circumstances, that seemingly barking decision could actually have been an entirely pragmatic rearrangement on Maresca’s part, based on confidential club data and meeting his entirely humane desire not to risk his team’s weaker swimmers.