How Chelsea’s ‘nobody’ exposed Enzo Maresca as dispensable

Key Highlights

• Pep Guardiola has had the occasional unlikely nemesis in the past – Nathan Jones once denied him a quadruple – and the latest was a former City academy coach; when Tijjani Reijnders seemed to have earned the Catalan a ninth win in 10 games, Enzo Fernandez instead came up with a 94th-minute leveller.
• “Everyone thought we were coming here to lose,” said McFarlane.
• “No one thought we stood a chance.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo City may have wished Enzo Maresca had not talked himself out of a job.
• Instead, this became a triumph for perhaps the lowest-profile figure to take charge of a Premier League superclub, however briefly. McFarlane is not sure if he will spend Wednesday managing Chelsea against Fulham or the Under-21s against Benfica.
• But the McFarlane era will not be an era.