Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso has admitted he was without midfielder Moisés Caicedo for Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal after rushing the Ecuador international back from injury too fast one week earlier.
Caicedo suffered what Alonso described only as a “setback” before the season-opening victory over Fulham. He returned the following week against Brighton & Hove Albion but managed just 14 minutes before being forced to withdraw with an obvious fitness concern.