Liam Delap opens Chelsea account in Club World Cup win over Espérance

Chelsea will face Benfica in the last 16. 

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said he expected Liam Delap's integration to his side to be "quite quick". Pic: AP Photo/Matt Slocum

Club World Cup: Chelsea 3 Espérance 0

It must be tough to play free-flowing football when it feels as if the game is being staged in an airless hotel room and nobody knows how to turn off the central heating. Chelsea nonetheless managed to keep their cool in suffocating conditions in Philadelphia, securing their place in the last 16 of the Club World Cup thanks to a composed 3-0 victory over Espérance.