While the Premier League confirmed neither player was logged as a concussion substitution, Sanchez will still have to undergo checks at certain intervals in the coming days as Chelsea follow FA ‘return to play guidelines’ before passing him fit for Saturday’s league game against Liverpool at Anfield. These protocols are designed to prioritise player safety, ensuring that no athlete returns to high-intensity contact before being fully cleared of neurological symptoms.
According toThe Standard, Chelsea must await the results of those concussion protocol assessments with club medical staff at Cobham before learning whether he can face Liverpool. The guidelines are stringent; players who fail any of the test stages must observe a rest period of at least 12 days. Given the quick turnaround between the Forest defeat and the trip to Merseyside, any setback in these scheduled tests would almost certainly rule Sanchez out of the clash.