Chelsea provide injury update after £52m star suffers knee injury in 1-1 Dortmund draw

Chelsea's impressive pre-season tour of the United States was marred by an injury scare to striker Christopher Nkunku with manager Mauricio Pochettino hoping that it is nothing serious after the Draw with Dortmund.

The pitch at Chicago’s Soldier Field appeared poor with a lot of bumps and the French striker appeared to have paid the price after he could not continue in the 22nd minute.

The £52million signing has been one of the stars of the tour but the injury has left a sour taste in the mouth of everyone associated with the club as they hope he’d be fine for the first game of the season against Liverpool on August 13.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino said: “The doctors are checking him,” explained Pochettino, who felt the tackle which forced Nkunku off “maybe” should have resulted in a penalty.

“He had the chance to score but he feels something in his knee. Hopefully, it is not a big issue and that he can be quick with the team. We need a few days to assess him and until we get back to London it is difficult to know.

“Always we take some risks because the pitch is not perfect as they are using it for different sports and that is sometimes the risk of the tour. I think it was a bit unlucky in the situation but we cannot complain about the pitch and to blame the pitch for why he suffered the injury. For me, it was bad luck.”

Chelsea went through all the five games in the United States without a defeat, winning three and drawing two with the striking duo of Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson bagging five goals.

Dortmund took the lead in the 80th minute when Wolf scored from close range, momentarily threatening a defeat for Pochettino’s side before young striker Burstow scored a header with literally the action of the game.