Chelsea player Marc Cucurella is back on the pitch after his injury setback and is looking to start for the London Blues. Cucurella’s absence has greatly affected the team, as Chelsea are not going through a good phase currently. Although the coach, Liam Rosenior, is yet to confirm the player’s return date. It would be interesting to see how the manager manages the player’s game time upon his return.
Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella was spotted in training on Tuesday afternoon. Ahead of his potential return in Wednesday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa. The Spain international picked up a hamstring injury during the first half in the 2-2 draw with Leeds United last month. He has since missed three games for Chelsea.
While Chelsea managed to secure a convincing 4-0 win over Championship side Hull City in the FA Cup during Cucurella’s absence. They failed to win the following two Premier League games, a draw with Burnley and a defeat to Arsenal. Jorrel Hato, who started in two of the last three games, and Malo Gusto have provided cover for Chelsea at the left-back position in the meantime.
Head coach Liam Rosenior could rely on the duo again for the trip to Villa Park. But there is a chance that Cucurella would be fit enough to make his return.
“Cucu is looking really good, and hopefully we can get him back involved if not on Wednesday, then on Saturday (vs. Wrexham),” Rosenior said in his press conference on Monday.
Status of Cucurella for the Chelsea vs Aston Villa game
After dropping points for a third consecutive match, Chelsea have a pretty big match on their hands this Wednesday in a six pointer in the race for a place in the Champions League. They take on a similarly out of form Aston Villa side with it all to play for. As the revamps to both Man United and Liverpool threaten to push these two teams out of the top four. Ahead of this key fixture, we will look at what Liam Rosenior had to say about the injury status of Marc Cucurella.
The coach spoke to the media ahead of the midweek fixture and provided updates on a number of players. While he had good news on Cole Palmer and confirmed that the Englishman will be able to start against the Villans. He had less positive news on some of the others. Estevao has only returned to train on the grass.
When speaking on his Spanish left back, Rosenior noted that: “hopefully we can get him involved for Saturday.” While the player is reportedly looking good, it seems that this match with Aston Villa will come just a little too quickly for him. With the weekend being a safer time to work him back in.
Recent form of the London Blues
As these teams emerged for kick-off, the Holte End displayed a tifo proudly flaunting Aston Villa’s deck of cards, chiefly an ace of clubs. By the end, however, their upper hand in the race for the Champions League felt rather hollow, if not reduced. Chelsea had dismantled Unai Emery’s side to move within three points of Villa. Joao Pedro scoring a hat-trick to take his tally to 17 goals for the season.
The Brazil striker was in the mood for a fourth and tried his luck with an audacious overhead kick. While Emi Martinez prevented Alejandro Garnacho from adding a bruising fifth late on. For Villa and their grand presence, it was a sobering evening. Although Man United’s late defeat by Newcastle surely softened the blow.
Author’s insight
Marc Cucurella’s presence is very much needed for Liam Rosenior. Cucurella has what it takes for Chelsea to get out of this poor phase.
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Raunak Dasgupta
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