Chelsea have suffered another potentially huge injury blow with Trevoh Chalobah forced off in the final ten minutes of their Premier League clash with Liverpool.
Graham Potter looks likely to have another injury concern with Chalobah, who has been an important figure in the Blues defence this season, subbed off for Cesar Azpilicueta after going down off the ball.
Before his withdrawal, the 23-year-old had put in an impressive performance dealing with much that came his way as Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez struggled to break down a resolute Blues defence.
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If Chalobah's injury is bad, he will join the list of first-team Chelsea players on the treatment table with Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic and Denis Zakaria all out on the sidelines.
The Chelsea boss was handed a significant boost with Ben Chilwell and Reece James returning to training from their respective injury problems this week.
The wing-back duo were not involved against Liverpool on Saturday but Potter will undoubtedly be boosted by their returns, particularly James if Chalobah's injury is deemed serious as he has been filling in admirably for Chelsea.
N'Golo Kante and Armando Broja are the long-term absentees while Joao Felix must serve one more match of his three-game suspension after receiving a red card in the west London derby defeat to Fulham earlier in the month.
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