Matt Law: 'Optimism' over injury to key Chelsea starter as Blues await scan

Trevoh Chalobah’s injury may not be as bad as first feared, according to an update from the Telegraph’s Matt Law.

This is as close to good news as you’ll get to do with Chelsea this week it seems.

On top of the nightmare of getting battered by PSG last night, we also saw Trevoh Chalobah stretchered off towards the end of the game. The defender looked to be in agony, and there was a lot of speculation about it being a really serious one. But as it turns out, it might not be,

Latest Matt Law updates give hope on Chalobah issue

The first glimmer of hope we got was post game, where manager Liam Rosenior said he’d been told it was a “high ankle sprain.” That’s still a nasty injury, but it’s not an ACL/MCL tear or anything on that level.

Matt Law has backed that up today with a report that there is “optimism” that the problem “isn’t as bad as feared.”

The scan is yet to be done, and even Friday’s press conference with Liam Rosenior might come soon for a full update. Still, considering what we were thinking 24 hours ago, this is a big improvement. He could yet miss the rest of the season, but probably won’t need surgery.

ESPN pundits laid into Liam Rosenior’s actions with a tactical note late in the game.

These same pundits also noted Mamadou Sarr’s early mistake as a key turning point.