Enzo Maresca believes Estevao will learn a lot from being hooked at half-time to avoid a red card in a game that offered the Brazilian wonderkid a “Welcome to the Premier League” reality check.

After a string of positive results, Chelsea crashed back down to earth with a 3-1 defeat to newly-promoted Leeds.

The Blues were off colour all night at Elland Road as they conceded defensively poor goals to Jaka Bijol and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, either side of a stunning long-range effort from Ao Tanaka . Substitute Pedro Neto halved the deficit after half-time but Leeds scored their third after an individual error by Tosin Adarabioyo.

Maresca made two changes at half-time, bringing on Neto and Malo Gusto in favour of Benoit Badiashile and 18-year-old Estevao, who had started brightly but

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