‘Bad luck’: Chelsea provide injury update on Carney Chukwuemeka in 3-1 West Ham defeat

Chelsea suffered a double blow in east London after a 3-1 defeat to West Ham United they have also been left waiting for the full diagnosis of the injury to Carney Chukwuemeka.

The 19-year-old has started the first two games of the season and was a super impact at West Ham, scoring the equaliser at a time Chelsea were dominating but shortly after that, he went down with what looked like a knee injury.

The Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino still just processing the defeat to West Ham United provided an update on the young midfielder’s injury saying everyone will have to wait. He told reporters after the game: “Now we need to assess him tomorrow. See what happened with his knee. It was really bad luck.”

On suffering his first defeat he admitted sometimes this can happen and that he was going to have a look at where it went wrong for his side. He added: “That is football and this type of thing happens and we have to accept. There are things we did wrong and we need to analyse the game and accept our faults.

“I think we created chances in the first half and we didn't use and after Carney, we had to re-shape the team and we didn’t find the balance.

“We were full of energy from the beginning but it was disappointing from the beginning and I told the players about this. I’m disappointed because we need to win this type of game and there are many things I think we have to improve.”

Chelsea have spent almost £1billion in the last three transfer windows but it was the two midfielders who were signed for more £100million each who were at fault in today’s game. Enzo Fernandez missed a crucial penalty while Moises Caicedo caused one to give West Ham the win.