Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter has supplied updates on Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the Blues’ defeat to Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup.
Chelsea took on Manchester Metropolis within the third spherical of the FA Cup, and the latter cruised their means into a cushty 4-0 victory over the west London outfit. Manchester Metropolis additionally knocked Chelsea out of the competitors within the course of.
In opposition to Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea conceded their first objective of the sport within the twenty third minute as Riyad Mahrez despatched the defending Premier League champions forward. Julian Alvarez then doubled Man Metropolis’s lead on the half-hour mark, changing a penalty.
Manchester Metropolis then established a three-goal cushion within the thirty eighth minute as Phil Foden added his identify to the scoresheet. Riyad Mahrez then bagged his second objective of the match within the eighty fifth minute to finish Man Metropolis’s rout of Chelsea.
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Graham Potter confirms Christian Pulisic is out for weeks, no timescale positioned on Raheem Sterling’s return
Talking after the match, Graham Potter was requested concerning the newest replace on Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling, each of whom sustained accidents throughout Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis in a Premier League fixture previous to their FA Cup conflict.
The Chelsea supervisor was additionally requested why Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang didn’t make it to the Blues squad for the FA Cup conflict with Manchester Metropolis.
Graham Potter confirmed that Christian Pulisic has suffered a knee harm and admitted the USMNT worldwide shall be out for ‘weeks’. They’re but to verify the extent of Raheem Sterling’s harm and haven’t positioned a timescale on his return.
“Christian opened up his knee within the sport the opposite day. We’re nonetheless sorting of analysing it nevertheless it’s going to be weeks I’d say for him,” Graham Potter stated [via Football.London].
“Raheem had an motion within the first minute of the sport, a again heel that was a bit unusual, and felt one thing in his hamstring. Once more we’re analysing that. Aubameyang had a good again yesterday so was unable to journey.”
In the meantime, the 2 defeats to Manchester Metropolis final week – one in Premier League and the opposite in FA Cup – have added additional strain on Graham Potter as Chelsea struggles to seek out their ft.
The Blues are already out of FA Cup and EFL Cup and discover themselves tenth within the Premier League factors desk, a staggering 19 factors behind desk toppers Arsenal.
