“This is not good for Chelsea…” – BBC pundit worried about player’s injury and team performance | OneFootball

It’s half time in Chelsea’s game against Brighton in the FA Cup and the Blues have had a couple of injury scares already.

Moises Caicedo banged his knee and there were a couple of other knocks for Blues, but by far the worst issue was winger, Pedro Neto who went down off the ball and clutched his ankle. For a horrifying moment, we thought his Achilles tendon had gone.

“This is not good for Chelsea because Pedro Neto is a real livewire. Especially in this formation when Christopher Nkunku has to come short, you need someone to run in behind and Neto is that player. He is so direct and dynamic,” said Matt Jarvis on BBC 5Live.

Neto got some spray on his ankle and played on after a long delay. But Noni Madueke did a very thorough warmup and we wouldn’t be at all surprised if he was the one who came out for the second half.

Chelsea letting game get away from them after bright start

Tosin Adarabioyo races a Brighton attacker to the ball. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)

Jarvis had already made some comments about the way Chelsea were playing, and he wasn’t hopeful with the direction in which the game had developed for the Blues

“Brighton are starting to dominate possession here,” he had said after half an hour.

“They’re starting to probe nicely. It’s down the right hand-side with Minteh he’s getting the better of Cucurella. He’s finding a lot of space. Chelsea aren’t able to keep hold of the ball, they can’t move it through the lines like they did in the opening 10 minutes.”

After the strong start and goal they were handed, things have not developed the way that Enzo Maresca would have wanted, and we expect a different approach in the second period.