Chelsea faces a restless hold on to find the seriousness of the wounds endured by protectors Reece James and Andreas Christensen during Wednesday's draw against Brighton.
James began the match in a new situation at left wing-back as supervisor Thomas Tuchel tested after the news that Ben Chilwell will miss the remainder of the period subsequent to going through a knee medical procedure.
Nonetheless, James' match was finished later only 27 minutes as he went down in unsure conditions and was then offed the contribute significant uneasiness, with Marcos Alonso called from the seat.
To exacerbate the situation for Chelsea, Christensen had as of now been harmed and soldiered on cautiously until half-time, when he also was supplanted by Trevoh Chalobah.
Chelsea has been hit hard by wounds and Covid-19 cases over ongoing weeks, with N'Golo Kante and Kai Havertz, required against Brighton yet any semblance of Thiago Silva, Timo Werner, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek all sidelined alongside long haul truant Chilwell, with a few different players still some way shy of 100%.
Requested a report on the injury front later the last-pant draw with Brighton that saw Danny Welbeck spring up with a stoppage-time equalizer, a furious Tuchel said: "Reece James we have a hamstring injury and a back physical issue for Andreas Christensen. That is basically it."
On striker Werner's proceeded with nonattendance, the German added: "bad. Bad. Not in preparing."
Inquired as to whether Werner's nonappearance was because of Covid issues, he answered: "Indeed, obviously."
A draw against Brighton was to the point of lifting Chelsea above Liverpool and into the second spot before the Reds come to town for an enormous standoff on Sunday, yet Manchester City's tenth progressive win against Brentford implies Pep Guardiola's tenacious reigning champs currently gloat a solid important lead at the culmination heading into 2022.
One splendid flash in the midst of the despair for Chelsea has been Romelu Lukaku, who was fantastic off the seat at Aston Villa on Boxing Day and scored again on his first-class start since October against Brighton.
Tuchel conceded his astonishment at Lukaku's speedy advancement following Covid and a lower leg injury yet is uncertain how long he will actually want to keep it up.
"Shocked what he's doing," he said. "In reality extremely astounded, yet I don't have a clue how long he can do it. We will attempt it and afterward, we will see since no one knows.
"I'm astounded on the grounds that he was six weeks, two months out, then, at that point, when he was attempting to return got Covid and later that one preparing and how about we go. This is our main thing right now."
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