The ‘stupid, Embarrassing’ Reason Why Liam Delap Isn’t Playing For Chelsea Vs. Tottenham

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If Chelsea head Enzo Maresca were to connection an mentation for Liam Delap’s absence against Tottenham Hotspur, it whitethorn beryllium person to stupidity alternatively than suspension.

The usually placid Italian caput coach tore into his 22-year-old striker successful midweek aft he was baited into a brace of brainless yellowish cards during Wednesday’s nervy Carabao Cup triumph complete Wolverhampton Wanderers.

“We had a very stupid reddish paper that was wholly unnecessary and was perfectly deserved,” Maresca fumed aft watching his No. 9 buffet Yerson Mosquera and Emmanuel Agbadou to nan turf. “We tin debar reddish cards for illustration these and we person to debar them.

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“When it’s a reddish paper for illustration today, it’s embarrassing. There were 2 yellowish cards successful 7 minutes, some avoidable.”

Even though Delap’s dismissal took spot successful nan Carabao Cup, suspensions for reddish cards transportation crossed each English home competitions, thereby barring him from nan Chelsea squad which travelled to northbound London for Saturday’s mouthwatering conflict pinch Spurs.

While Delap’s reddish paper whitethorn person been uniquely boneheaded, it is hardly Chelsea’s first disciplinary gaffe of nan season. The Blues person received 5 sendings-off successful 2025–26, not including nan dismissal Maresca received against Liverpool.

Having many times brushed speech talk of immoderate superior rumor down these reddish cards, Chelsea’s head belatedly accepted it is “something that we person to do better.”

Chelsea Red Cards successful 2025–26

Date / Opponent

Dismissed Individual

Reason

Sept. 20 / Man Utd	Robert Sánchez	Denial of goalscoring opportunity
Sept. 27 / Brighton	Trevoh Chalobah	Denial of goalscoring opportunity
Sept. 30 / Benfica	João Pedro	Two yellowish cards
Oct. 4 / Liverpool	Enzo Maresca	Two yellowish cards
Oct. 18 / Nottingham Forest	Malo Gusto	Two yellowish cards
Oct. 29 / Wolves	Liam Delap	Two yellowish cards

Liam Delap was sent disconnected connected his return. / Marc Atkins/Getty Images

The reddish mist had faded for Delap by nan clip his Chelsea teammates trudged backmost into nan dressing room aft clinging onto an unnecessarily tetchy 4–3 win astatine Molineux connected Wednesday. “Straight aft nan crippled successful nan changing room, yeah. He apologised to everyone,” Maresca revealed.

“I said pinch Liam, but Liam, he knows everything. He is alert of nan situation. He knows that he made a mistake. And afloat stop. No much than that.”

Delap won’t get nan chance to redeem himself successful a competitory mounting until Wednesday’s Champions League conflict pinch Qarabag. Three days later, nan summertime enlistee is intriguingly reunited pinch his tormentors Wolves astatine Stamford Bridge.