Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said Liam Delap apologised immediately to his team-mates following his red card in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win over Wolves, but that the striker must learn quickly to stamp indiscipline out of his game.

Delap was booked twice in seven minutes at Molineux after coming on as a substitute, the first for a push on defender Yerson Mosquera then for barging into Emmanuel Agbadou , as his return from a two-month injury lay-off lasted only 26 minutes.

It was a sixth Chelsea red card in nine matches and afterwards Maresca ditched his previously mild manner when discussing his team's discipline, accusing the 22-year-old of "playing the game for himself" and "struggling to realise" his responsibilities.

Ahead of Saturday's trip to rivals Tottenham in the P

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