There was a period when Chelsea and Graham Potter weren't able to pick six of their starters from the team that beat Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. In the XI that he selected for the biggest night of his career it is arguable that at least nine of them would make the best possible team when the squad is fully fit.
That is a massive contrast to the depths of darkness that the squad was in during the post-Christmas injury plague. 11 starters were ruled out in mid-January, they have slowly been welcomed back and the timing couldn't have been better.
"If you have no Reece James, no N'Golo Kante, no Wesley Fofana, no Ben Chilwell, no Loftus-Cheek, no Sterling – these players are important for us as well," Potter said after the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
