Chelsea: Enzo Maresca offers new injury update after quadruple blow before Liverpool clash

Enzo Maresca is assured that Chelsea avoided a damaging treble wounded stroke during Sunday’s feisty Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.

The in-form Blues’ tally of consecutive victories crossed each competitions was halted astatine 5 during an ill-tempered 1-1 draw astatine Stamford Bridge successful which Noni Madueke deed backmost successful the 2nd fractional to cancel retired Chris Wood’s opening extremity and unafraid a hard-fought constituent for the hosts.

West Ham loanee James Ward-Prowse was sent disconnected for Forest, with the crippled marred by a furious melee precocious connected aft Neco Williams pushed Marc Cucurella into Maresca, sending the Chelsea brag tumbling connected the touchline and sparking a furious brawl involving some sets of players.

Chelsea guardant Nicolas Jackson could yet beryllium successful blistery h2o aft appearing to rise his hands to the look of Forest defender Morato during those disfigured scenes successful westbound London, portion the Blues picked up six yellowish cards during the crippled to trigger an automatic £50,000 good from the Football Association (FA) - treble the accustomed magnitude aft they were antecedently fined £25,000 for the aforesaid reasons aft past month’s 1-0 triumph astatine Bournemouth.

Further FA charges could besides travel for some clubs for failing to power their players successful Sunday’s match.

Two of Chelsea’s cautions were for Cucurella and Wesley Fofana, a 5th of the play already for some players meaning they volition each service a one-match suspension erstwhile Maresca’s squad caput to Anfield to look aboriginal league leaders Liverpool successful their archetypal crippled backmost pursuing the planetary break.

Those bans were compounded by Madueke and Levi Colwill some being forced disconnected precocious with evident injuries against Forest, though Maresca is assured that they volition some beryllium good moving forward.

“I deliberation some are good present that we are inside,” the Italian said. “We volition spot but I don't deliberation immoderate problems with them.”

Chelsea stay without skipper Reece James owed to a latest hamstring occupation that has prevented him from playing astatine each truthful acold this season, portion young summertime signing Omari Kellyman is besides sidelined astatine present.