Seventy-three minutes into Chelsea's Champions League clash with Ajax, a section of the Shed End chanted, "we’re going to bounce in a minute", which was - as promised - met by hundreds of Blues supporters bouncing up and down. That is what sort of night it was at Stamford Bridge.

Straightforward, comfortable, routine; it was something close to the perfect night for Enzo Maresca and his Chelsea players.

Robert Sanchez, Malo Gusto, Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Pedro Neto, Andrey Santos, Alejandro Garnacho and Joao Pedro all came out of the side as Maresca made a whopping 10 changes from the team that beat Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon. An incredible £282million (combined transfer fee) worth of talent came out of the side for one reason or the other, and it begged the question: is Maresca treating Europe’s elite competition like he did the Conference League last season?

Said question was emphatically answered, though, with Chelsea thrashing the out-of-form Dutch side in west London.

Such a task...