Graham Potter has made two changes to his Chelsea side for this evening’s crunch Champions League group stage clash against AC Milan at Stamford Bridge – but Kepa Arrizabalga has kept his place in goal ahead of Edouard Mendy, who is on the substitutes’ bench.
Chelsea go into the game bottom of Group E. They can’t afford another slip-up if they are to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stage of European football’s premier competition. Tonight’s match is one they simply have to win.
Potter hasn’t made wholesale changes to his starting XI; that is no great surprise, given this is only his third game at the helm. Yet it appears the English coach has shifted away from the 4-2-2-2 shape utilised against Crystal Palace in favour of a more orthodox 3-5-2.
