Liam Delap: Enzo Maresca slams Chelsea striker for ‘silly and…

Liam Delap: Enzo Maresca slams Chelsea striker for ‘silly and…

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said Liam Delap’s purple card against Wolves was “very stupid” and “embarrassing”.

Delap made his return from a hamstring injury as a second-half substitute in the Carabao Cup fourth-round tie at Molineux, however was despatched off within 25 minutes after being shown a second yellow card.

The striker, making his first look since August 30, was booked in the 79th minute for pushing over Yerson Mosquera in an off-the-ball incident and then just seven minutes later, he jumped into Emmanuel Agbadou along with his elbow.

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Enzo Maresca says Liam Delap’s two yellow playing cards in seven minutes against Wolves had been ‘silly’

It was Chelsea’s fifth purple card of the season and Maresca said: “Very stupid red card that was completely unnecessary.

“Absolutely deserved. It was a silly foul. We can keep away from that. I fully help the purple card.”

In explicit, the Chelsea boss was pissed off because he had warned the participant, who will now miss Saturday’s Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur, live on Sky Sports.

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Highlights of the fourth-round Carabao Cup match between Wolves and Chelsea

He said: “After the yellow card, I told him four or five times, keep calm. But Liam is a player inside the pitch, playing the game for himself and he struggles to listen to things around him.”

Asked if Chelsea’s disciplinary report was embarrassing, Maresca added: “It is embarrassing when it is a red card like today. It is embarrassing two cards in seven minutes, both we can avoid.”

Chelsea’s purple playing cards this season:

Chelsea had been main 3-2 when Delap was despatched off with objectives from Wolves’ Tolu Arokodare and David Moller Wolfe lowering the deficit after the guests’ Andrey Santos, Tyrique George and Estevao had all scored in the first half.

Jamie Gittens netted an outstanding volley in the 89th minute to seemingly wrap up the victory for Maresca’s aspect however Wolfe rapidly bagged his second of the night to arrange a frantic end.

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