The updates began filtering through about 20 minutes after the final whistle at Stamford Bridge and confirmed the most important news of the day: that Jesse Derry was conscious and talking after being taken to hospital midway through their 3-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest.
Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho had both picked up knocks in training on Sunday to throw Chelsea’s preparation for the game into disarray, but interim head coach Calum McFarlane won’t have thought twice about placing his faith in the 18-year-old.
