Graham Potter details Ben Chilwell injury scare ahead of Chelsea vs Southampton clash

Chelsea were made to pay for their wastefulness in-front of goal by Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Promising youngster Karim Adeyemi scored a solo goal to give his side an advantage ahead of a second leg tie at Stamford Bridge in three weeks time.

Chelsea though looked really good yet again with new signings Mykhailo Mudryk, Fernandez and Joao Felix all starting and creating good moments even if Felix should have finished a couple of his chances.

Reece James also lasted the entire duration- while Ben Chilwell was fit enough to start, he was however stretching his right leg by the time he was being replaced by Cucurella in the second half.

Asked if the defender was feeling some pain pain before he he was replaced, manager Graham Potter said it was only a kick and he was yet to speak to him again.

He told reporters after the defeat to Dortmund in Germany: “About five minutes before he came off, he had a run down the side and had a kick on his ankle.

“I haven’t checked it over but I think it’s more of a kick than anything else and probably a little bit of fatigue.

“That was his first start for some time so the idea before the game was to take him off at 60/70 minutes max. So that was the plan.”

Chelsea will now turn their attention to the Premier League game against Southampton who are without a substantive manager following the sacking Nathan Jones earlier this week.

Graham Potter has now won just two games in his last nine games in all competitions, the Southampton game definitely gives the Blues the chance to change that.