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His start during the 2-2 draw with Chelsea was just his third in the league in 2015-16 but, paired alongside Aleksandar Mitrovic up front, the Spaniard looked extremely comfortable.

It was that bad. “They’ve had the worst start to a season I can remember, it’s been awful”. At half-time, I said I was sorry I only had three substitutes as I wanted to change six.

Combatants on both sides will need to focus their attention firmly on the pitch, but if they can go against recent history then Chelsea will aim to prove that their mini-crisis is over. Last season’s player of the year continues to misfire and his decision to blast the...

But Newcastle have had a disastrous start to the new season and sit second bottom in the Premier League without a win, while Sheffield Wednesday knocked the Magpies out of the League Cup in midweek.

But Mourinho said: “I think it’s time to not speak about it”.

After Eden Hazard had missed an early penalty, Willian put the hosts in front and Maccabi’s hopes were effectively ended when Oscar converted from the spot on the stroke of half-time.

After the break, Chelsea came out looking sharper than their previous two games and had a positive start to their second half.

Tottenham and Aston Villa are also interested in the 24-year-old, but Chelsea are said to want £10million to sell.