Chelsea returned to profitable methods within the League Cup towards Brighton and Hove Albion on Wednesday, however the victory got here at a price with Ben Chilwell pressured off. The hamstring harm will preserve him out for the close to future, supervisor Mauricio Pochettino mentioned on Friday.
“I believe it’s unhealthy information, what the physician informed me will not be a great factor. It seems a foul harm so we’ll assess within the subsequent days and we’ll see the interval he’s going to be absent from the squad,” Pochettino informed reporters forward of Chelsea’s go to to Craven Cottage to face Fulham on Monday.
“We’re actually unhappy concerning the information about Ben. The time(scale) is tough to say now. The physician will inform us and the membership will talk.”
The Argentine supervisor is extra optimistic concerning another harm issues. Carney Chukwuemeka has not performed since Aug. 20 with a knee harm, however returned to coaching this week. “I hope that perhaps Carney, and naturally Noni (Madueke) additionally, after his difficulty when he got here again from the nationwide group, he is preparing.
“I hope that these two gamers will perhaps be obtainable for choice on Monday,” he mentioned.
Chelsea, with only one league win from six video games, have additionally failed to attain of their final three Premier League video games. They’ve simply 5 league targets up to now this season. Nicolas Jackson scored the one purpose of the sport towards Brighton, however the participant, who additionally scored Chelsea’s final league purpose again in August, is unavailable for the journey to Fulham due to suspension.
“We have now just a few choices, to play with a striker and with no striker. We have to assess the entire squad after the sport, issues seem after 48 hours and we have to see how they’re and the way they get well from Wednesday,” Pochettino mentioned.
“An important factor is to adapt, the squad must discover a approach to carry out, that’s crucial,” he added. Chelsea are in 14th place within the desk with 5 factors, with Fulham three factors forward in eleventh.
