Neto, though, was the standout, scoring one, creating another and delivering an impression of centre-forward play with more depth than simply standing in the right bit of the pitch. He curved his runs into the channels, won headers he had no right to and even occasionally dropped in to link the play. Crucially, he brought some of the game-stretching chaos that was part of a less constrained wide brief in his time at Wolves, and which Chelsea’s attack has missed since Jackson went down.
