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Suffering Sarri left to ponder what might have been

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LONDON • It was about to be Maurizio Sarri's cherry on the cake moment, his reconnection with the Chelsea fans.

The head coach had made two very popular, crowd-pleasing substitutions in the form of Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 26, 2019, with the headline Suffering Sarri left to ponder what might have been. Subscribe