Chelsea may be shackled to the Conference League for the time being, but then as Nicolas Jackson fired in the visitors’ fourth to send them towards its final, it dawned that the Swedish capital was as nice a setting as any for a sudden bout of Stockholm syndrome.
There was no telling Jackson that he cannot enjoy Europe’s third-tier competition as he celebrated his second goal of the evening, nor Jadon Sancho or Noni Madueke when they scored either.
Enzo Maresca enjoyed it, too, having turned merciless at half-time by bringing on Jackson, Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo and Trevoh Chalobah.