Graham Potter was handed a significant blow throughout Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, as Armando Broja was carried off on a stretcher with an anticipated knee damage.
The striker screamed in agony as he collided with Ezri Konsa halfway by the primary half, immediately clutching his proper knee.
Broja has been despatched for scans to hunt a analysis however it’s feared to be an anterior cruciate ligament damage by the preliminary response of the participant.
Armando Broja suffered a nasty damage throughout Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday
It’s a main blow for boss Graham Potter who already has a scarcity of strikers at his disposal
An ACL tear would probably see Broja out of motion till the tip of the Premier League season.
Potter, who has restricted choices in assault past summer season addition Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, might really feel obliged to buy round for a brand new ahead in January in consequence.
Chelsea went behind after simply seven minutes when Villa captain John McGinn tucked away the one objective of the mid-season pleasant.
Chelsea’s spectacular teenager Omari Hutchinson rattled the publish halfway by the primary half
Omari Hutchinson was a livewire for the Blues all through the competition, frequently wreaking havoc on the appropriate flank, and rattled the publish shortly earlier than half-time with a in-swinging effort.
In the meantime, Marcus Bettinelli can have impressed Potter on his likelihood having made necessary one-on-one saves in opposition to each Leon Bailey and substitute Danny Ings halfway by the second half.
Whereas Potter used the mid-season pleasant as a chance to experiment with a handful of unproven youth gamers, Unai Emery opted for expertise as he chosen an virtually full-strength line-up in a bid to construct momentum.
