To the surprise of many, Marc Cucurella was brought back in from the cold to start Chelsea's pivotal Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund. After missing out on the last three matchday squads, with Graham Potter wanting to keep the same formation that saw the Blues beat Leeds, Cucurella was deployed on the left of a back three in place of Benoit Badiashile who had been omitted from the Blues' knockout stage squad.
Following his £62million move from Brighton in the summer, Cucurella has struggled to offer the Blues the same impact he was providing on the south coast. The arrival of Graham Potter at Stamford Bridge in September as the man who get the best out of Cucurella at Brighton looked set to change that, but his fortunes did not improve.
The injury to Ben Chilwell often meant Cucurella was named in the starting XI by Potter. Against West Ham in mid-February, the latter was replaced by the former, with the Chelsea fans booing Cucurella as he went off and cheering gleefully as Chilwell entered the fray.
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