Enzo Maresca slammed Liam Delap after the Chelsea striker’s ‘stupid’ and ‘deserved’ red card in the Carabao Cup win over Wolves.

Delap was thrown on for the final half an hour at Molineux in replace of Estevao Willian, who scored Chelsea’s third to put the visitors 3-0 up at half-time.

Chelsea led inside five minutes through Andrey Santos and Stamford Bridge academy graduate Tyrique George made it two after just 15 minutes.

The last-16 tie looked dead and buried when Estevao continued his promising form with Chelsea’s third but basement boys Wolves got two goals back in the second half.

Wolves also had a numerical advantage after £30m summer signing Delap was sent off for two yellow cards just 25 minutes after entering the fray.

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But Chelsea scored again through fellow summer recruit Jamie Gittens to ensure Wolves’ late third goal was merely a consolation.

Delap’s red card, which Maresca described as...