Enzo Maresca was happy to engage with it and to praise his winger, but he really wanted to talk about another Chelsea teenager. “I’m very happy first of all for the Chelsea academy because it’s one of our boys from the academy so I’m very happy for him,

Maresca said he was “very happy for the Chelsea academy” that George was able to score his first goal for the club, but that “the one that I fell in love with [tonight] is Josh Acheampong, because potentially he can be a fantastic player for this club, and for football in general”.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has singled out defender Josh Acheampong for praise following his side’s UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final first-leg 3–0 victory against Legia Warsaw on Thursday.