“Run at him, Tino,” came the cry from Kepa Arrizabalaga, urging the newcomer in Chelsea’s colours to seize the moment and tear past Igor Smolikov. Yet the shout of encouragement from Chelsea’s goalkeeper had little effect. Faustino Anjorin took the simple option again, passing to a teammate instead of showing off his dribbling ability, and another promising attack broke down.
That was the story of the first half for Anjorin, who spent the period playing it too safe, making it easy for the Krasnodar defenders. But perhaps the 19-year-old could be excused a few nerves on his first senior start and, in any case, the jitters had disappeared by the time the winger made way for Olivier Giroud with 10 minutes to go.