Chelsea and injuries are like a match made in heaven.
Blues manager Thomas Tuchel has been unlucky to lose key stars already at this early point of the campaign. The likes of N'Golo Kanté, Reece James, Mateo Kovacic and others have had to miss at least one of the opening six fixtures of the new 2022/23 season due to injury and illness woes. Thankfully, this bad luck didn't affect Tuchel's side at the weekend as they picked up a much-needed three points, in controversial fashion against West Ham United in the Premier League.
However, ahead of the Champions League opener in Group E against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday, Tuchel has a few concerns to contend with ahead of his side flying out to Eastern Europe on Monday after his pre-match press conference. With this in mind, football.london previews the injury and other absentee concerns that could affect his team selection for this one.
