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TWO Chelsea stars volition beryllium banned for this month’s clash astatine Liverpool aft becoming the archetypal Premier League players to cod 5 yellowish cards this season.
Enzo Maresca’s Blues question to Anfield aft the planetary break, with triumph connected Merseyside making Chelsea’s Italian manager conscionable the 5th tactician to triumph his archetypal 5 distant games.
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The lucifer volition beryllium highly pugnacious for the visitors, with Liverpool apical of the Premier League with six wins from seven.
However, Chelsea’s conflict volition beryllium made each the harder aft they mislaid 2 players for the crunch clash.
Key defenders Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana person some been ruled retired of the travel to Liverpool aft each antheral picked up a booking against Nottingham Forest today.
The feisty crippled ended 1-1 arsenic some sides missed respective chances to win.
And precocious connected astatine Stamford Bridge, a immense brawl broke out which saw Cucurella person his 5th yellowish card of the caller season.
Fofana was booked earlier on for a clumsy situation arsenic helium reached booking fig five.
And the brace volition present miss retired connected a spot successful Maresca’s squad erstwhile Chelsea enactment up against their aged rivals.
It means the Italian gaffer volition person to tinker with his side, having lone conscionable settled connected a accordant starting XI.
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Candidates to regenerate centre-back Fofana see Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile.
However, based connected appearances this term, Tosin Adarabioyo is the astir apt campaigner to enactment up alongside Levi Colwill.
Shock caller footage appears to amusement Chelsea prima Nicolas Jackson slapping Nottingham Forest rival successful face
As for left-back Cucurella, Maresca could crook to misfit Ben Chilwell aft the Englishman was reintroduced to the elder squad.
But it is overmuch much apt that caller signing Renato Veiga volition get the motion aft kicking disconnected his Chelsea vocation with a extremity successful Thursday’s 4-2 triumph against Gent.
Maresca antecedently warned his Premier League XI that things tin alteration precise fast, with different talented players hopeless to interruption into the side.
And aft the disappointing gully with Forest, positive an planetary interruption coming up, it could beryllium the cleanable excuse for a fewer much changes.
Romeo Lavia is acceptable again aft different wounded lay-off and could travel successful for the underwhelming Enzo Fernandez.
While Pedro Neto is hoping to instrumentality vantage of Noni Madueke’s frustrating moments successful the last third.
And Christopher Nkunku whitethorn yet get the motion up of the inconsistent Nicolas Jackson.
Chelsea subordinate ratings vs Forest: Madueke shines again but hot-head Jackson excessively engaged arguing
CHELSEA were held by ten-man Nottingham Forest arsenic vexation filled Stamford Bridge.
Noni Madueke cancelled retired Chris Wood's opener but the Blues couldn't find a winner.
And frustrations boiled implicit with a mass brawl successful added time.
Here's however SunSport's Jack Figg rated the Blues stars.
Robert Sanchez - 8
Excellent positioning to snuff retired Forest antagonistic connected hr people and made 2 sensational precocious saves to contradict the visitor's a winner.
Malo Gusto - 6
Wasn't capable to forestall Nikola Milenkovic's flick connected to acceptable up Wood's opener but helium produced a large artifact to contradict Gibbs-White successful the box.
Wesley Fofana - 7
Forming a bully concern astatine the backmost with Colwill. Finally immoderate consistency astatine centre-half for Chelsea.
Levi Colwill - 7
Made a immense artifact to forestall Yates successful the archetypal half. John Terry-esque defending.
Marc Cucurella - 5
Lacked attacking creativity down the near having filled successful astatine centre-back astatine times. Failed to signifier overmuch of a menace with Sancho.
Moises Caicedo - 6
Agonisingly adjacent to getting up of Wood to forestall the Forest opener. Took the relation arsenic deep-lying midfielder successful beforehand of backmost line.
Enzo Fernandez - 5
Still looks to beryllium uncovering his champion presumption nether Maresca. Not a earthy holding midfielder but denied preferred precocious relation by Palmer.
Cole Palmer - 6
Looked lively erstwhile afforded abstraction successful the centre but the Chelsea superstar saw a immense accidental saved acknowledgment to Matz Sels treble save.
Noni Madueke - 8
Constant menace down the close broadside with his extremity good deserved. But the winger finds himself blameworthy of making the incorrect prime successful the last third.
Jadon Sancho - 4
Largely absent passim the lucifer with Aina doing a stellar occupation successful keeping the tricky guardant quiet. Lacked slayer instinct going forward.
Nicolas Jackson - 4
Apart from pressing, quiescent throughout. Slow to respond successful the container successful a frustrating motion of inconsistency aft caller goalscoring form. Spent much clip arguing with team-mates astatine points.
Subs
Joao Felix (for Fernandez 80 mins) - 6
Christopher Nkaunku (for Jackson 80 mins) - 6
Mykhailo Mudryk (for Sancho 89 mins) -5
Pedro Neto (for Madueke 89 mins) - 6
Tosin Adarabioyo (for Colwill 90+3 mins) - 5
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