Chelsea ahead Christopher Nkunku missed Saturday’s 4-0 win over Preston North Finish within the FA Cup attributable to a hip drawback, Blues supervisor Mauricio Pochettino revealed.
Nkunku has made simply 4 appearances and solely begin since signing from RB Leipzig in the summertime attributable to a knee harm and there are actually query marks over his health once more forward of key dates for the west London membership.
The Blues are away to Middlesbrough on Tuesday within the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, with the return to happen at Stamford Bridge two weeks later.
In between these cup clashes, Chelsea are at house to Fulham within the Premier League subsequent Saturday, with a go to to Anfield to face Liverpool forward on January thirty first.
“He wasn’t concerned as a result of he suffered after coaching an issue in his hip,” Pochettino mentioned after Saturday’s sport.
And never sounding overly optimistic concerning the 26-year-old’s health, he added: “We have to see if he could be prepared for the following few video games.”
After a goalless first half on Saturday, Chelsea stormed to a complete victory in the long run over Championship aspect Preston.
Armando Broja, Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling and Enzo Fernandez scored the targets which sealed a spot in spherical 4 for the Blues.
Pochettino’s aspect will uncover their rivals within the subsequent spherical in Monday evening’s draw.
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