Trevoh Chalobah only played the first half of Chelsea ’s 2-1 defeat to Atalanta. That was the good bit.

By half-time, the Blues were 1-0 up and had barely been threatened. Chalobah was on a yellow card and has played a lot of football lately, so Enzo Maresca brought him off.

Come the end of a taxing game, it was Chalobah who was asked to front up and reflect on a defeat that could have serious consequences for Chelsea in their Champions League campaign.

“That’s three points lost. I think we were in control in the first half as well,” he said with a half-furrowed brow, seemingly as baffled as many Chelsea fans will have been at how his team-mates let their goal advantage slip and fell out of the top eight as a direct result.

The Blues are now likely to need to beat both Pafos at

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