Chelsea may sense the similarities. They could win consecutive competitive games at Wembley, book-ending the summer by celebrating each with silverware secured under Italian managers and against clubs from Manchester.
And yet if that suggests that Maurizio Sarri is the continuity candidate, Antonio Conte's successor may instead be signalling radical change tomorrow.
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