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It was a game to keep fans on their toes — which they could do legally in parts of a Premier League stadium for the first time in 28 years as part of standing trials.

None more so than Chelsea record-signing Lukaku who was dropped byTuchel for an outburst questioning his limited role in the team. Only 15 seconds into the game, it looked like Mane might also have had no further role in the game.

But he escaped with only a booking -- the earliest recorded in a Premier League match. He just wanted to lead with the elbow. Bay Area. Kansas City. Las Vegas. Los Angeles. New Orleans. New York. San Antonio. San Diego. Tampa Bay. Washington DC. By Simon Johnson. Mateo Kovacic was forced into self-isolation after testing positive after his spell out with injury, but Chelsea have now had at least another three players ruled out after contracting the virus.

It is a significant issue for manager Thomas Tuchel, who has recently been dealing with a spate of injuries. Ben Chilwell is out with an ACL problem. However, he was able to welcome Trevoh Chalobah and N'Golo Kante back to first-team training earlier this week after their spells on the sidelines. Chalobah had a hamstring strain but it turned out not to be as bad as was first feared. Chilwell also took part in some light running, although he could still require surgery on his injury. Chelsea are third in the Premier League after their win over Leeds at the weekend.

They will be hoping to keep up the pressure on Manchester City at the top with a win against Everton on Thursday night. Earlier today, Leicester's home game against Tottenham was postponed, the third game suspended in this round of Premier League fixtures. Dan Sheldon, Matt Slater and more. Yet, the Blues were lucky to avoid European powerhouses in the draw for the Round of 16 and will face Lille in the first Champions League knockout round.

Despite signing Timo Werner and Kai Havertz for a combined million euros in , Chelsea spent another m euros last summer to sign Romelu Lukaku from Inter in search of a striker who would register a 20 to 30 goal tally per season. However, the Belgium international tested positive for COVID after recovering from an injury and this means that he has played just 16 games across all competitions this season, having scored just five times. After the draw away at Zenit, Tuchel blamed the team's lack of concentration for their recent poor results in both the Champions League and the Premier League.

And once this drops, once we start managing results, we get punished. The reaction is good because it shows that it's not about what we can do.