Bad news to Chelsea despite beating Newcastle 4-2 on penalties in Carabao Cup clash

It’s always the opposite of what you hoped, isn’t it? Enzo Fernandez was given a rest for Chelsea’s last game to keep him fresh for this EFL Cup quarter final. So who is it who goes off with what looks like a muscle injury after less than half an hour? Enzo, of course.

He was struggling to get into the game at all, and there was a brief suspicion it was a tactical move from Mauricio Pochettino, but the word from the bench is that Jesus Perez and a member of the medical staff have gone with him down the tunnel.

Some are reporting a thigh injury although we’re not yet clear on the sources of that. Another report says that he was “feeling ill.”

Striker Armando Broja has come on for him to make it two up top. A goal down against good opposition at home, it’s the right move.