The new cooker is worktop height, whereas the old one had a splashback attached to the cooker. The cooker connection point is situated just above the level of the burners (behind where the old splashback was), with about an inch of cable on display and just waiting to get damaged.
The obvious solution is to move the connection point, or better still get a cooker with a splashback.
Any other ideas, involving less work, please?