The sign on the back row of the Stamford Bridge press box shows a picture of a man sitting down with a red line drawn through him. 'Back Row Seating is Prohibited,' the sign says. Two minutes before kick-off, Enzo Maresca took his seat there.
For the next 90 minutes, Maresca went through agonies in that seat as an Aston Villa side that is the irresistible force of the Premier League executed a classic rope-a-dope on his Chelsea team and moved right back into the heart of the title race with Arsenal and Manchester City.