Chelsea are in a good place as they ready themselves to face Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Graham Potter’s side have returned home to Cobham after picking up an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Mason Mount was the star of the show as the goals came from Jorginho and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Potter has made a flying start to life as Blues boss, picking up four straight wins after a draw in his first game. Chelsea have now also kept three successive clean sheets, beating Milan twice as well as Wolves. It’s a great position to be in as they get ready to visit Villa Park.
Here Mirror Football provides you with the latest headlines from the club.
James awaits scan results
Chelsea’s win over AC Milan on Tuesday night had just one downside: the injury which forced Reece James off in the second half.
The right-back appeared optimistic in the aftermath of the win at the San Siro, tweeting: "Fingers crossed it's not a bad one.” And the Daily Mail now reports that Chelsea are expecting good news when the defender undergoes a scan on Thursday.
BT Sport’s pundits on Tuesday night offered some worrying insight into delayed knee injuries, but the report states James wasn’t in any significant discomfort on Wednesday and Chelsea – and England manager Gareth Southgate – will know for certain soon.
Mount wants improvement
Mount was exceptional in the first half against Milan – but he’s not entirely happy.
The England midfielder still wants more, and specifically he wants more goals. Mount is yet to find the back of the net in 12 games across the Premier League and Champions League, and while he won a penalty and assisted Aubameyang on Tuesday, he’s still after a goal.
“The manager has spoken to me about trying to get in the box and also connecting the midfield to the strikers and being able to move and be free and get assists and then get goals,” he said on Tuesday night.
“It’s been happening for me over the last couple of games and I want more, I want to continue doing that and hopefully that will happen in the next few games too.”
Tomori’s England exclusion justified
Fikayo Tomori had a nightmare game against his former club on Tuesday, being sent off in the 18th minute for fouling Mount – and Rio Ferdinand stuck the boot in post-match.
“The last two games, he's probably showed two elements of his game where Gareth Southgate's thinking: 'I was justified in not picking him’,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport.
"Lapses in concentration for the penalty, allowing Mason Mount to get in behind him, and in the first game, his body position and the way he tried to make a clearance for the Aubameyang goal.
"Two big games, showpiece games for him to really put a marker down and stake his claim for a place in the England team. But these two games couldn't have gone any worse for him in that sense."
