Despite changes at the break and during the second period, Edwards’s side continued to create openings, with both Kemp and schoolboy midfielder Tariq Uwakwe going close before Ike Ugbo rounded off the scoring five minutes from time.

After the game, Under-18 assistant coach Jody Morris reflected on a useful exercise serving its purpose. Speaking to the official Chelsea website, he said: ‘We have quite a few players in our group who have not had many minutes so far this season so it’s important for us to play these friendly games and it’s useful for the boys to take things from the game both physically and tactically.

‘It can be quite a useful test of mentality as well; you can learn a lot about a player from how he approaches this sort of game, whether he’s using the opportunity to the maximum to try to make an impression, and Joe and I were certainly conscious of that beforehand.

‘It’s always nice to win but there were definitely a few issues that will need to be ironed out before we go to Arsenal next week. In that sense, it’s certainly sharpened our focus a little bit.’

The youth team return to league action next Monday, 24 August, when they travel to face Arsenal for a midday kick-off. Before then, Adi Viveash’s Under-21s host Brentford in a Cobham friendly on Friday 21 August.

Chelsea Nathan Baxter (Jamie Cumming h/t); Luke McCormick, Richard Nartey (Trevoh Chalobah h/t), Joseph Colley (Josh Grant 65), Cole Dasilva; Dujon Sterling (Tariq Uwakwe 65), Kyle Scott (c) (Jacob Maddox h/t); Dan Kemp, Josimar Quintero (Ike Ugbo h/t), Harvey St Clair; Malakai Hinckson-Mars