Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino helped ease some of the pressure on the London side with a Carabao Cup third round win but it wasn’t all good news for the Blues
Chelsea’s first win in four games was marred by an injury scare for Ben Chilwell, manager Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed.
The Blues went into Wednesday’s Carabao Cup meeting with Brighton off the back of three winless games in which they failed to score a single goal. Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa each recorded 1-0 Premier League victories at Stamford Bridge either side of Chelsea’s goalless draw at Bournemouth.
Pochettino made some changes for the Brighton game, as did counterpart Roberto De Zerbi, and Nicolas Jackson’s goal early in the second half proved to be the difference. There was a concern late on, though, as Chilwell limped off moments before full-time.
“Yes, we need to assess tomorrow but I think it is [his] hamstring,” Pochettino told reporters after the game. The news may come as a worry given Chilwell’s history with hamstring problems, with a similar injury keeping him out of the 2022 World Cup.