Two minutes into the second half at Athens Olympic Stadium, a chasm suddenly opened in the middle of Chelsea’s defence and Panathinaikos winger Facundo Pellistri, a Uruguayan international on the books at Manchester United until last summer,

Enzo Maresca has admitted that Mykhailo Mudryk’s progress under his coaching has been “slow” compared to his Chelsea teammates, but backed the winger to kick-on after his fine show against Panathanikos.