Chelsea undergo setback as Graham Potter guidelines duo out of Leicester conflict amid N’Golo Kante return date

Graham Potter has confirmed that each Reece James and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will miss Chelsea’s match in opposition to Leicester Metropolis on Saturday.

Chelsea enters the sport on the King Energy Stadium in excessive spirits after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 final Tuesday to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals.

With that win coming quickly after a 1-0 victory over Leeds, it seems that Potter has lastly discovered a system that works at Stamford Bridge after a dreadful run of kind.

Nevertheless, he might be lacking one, if not two, of the gamers who began Dortmund’s victory when his workforce travels to Leicester, because the supervisor revealed his workforce has suffered a number of accidents since then.

‘As a result of Reece was sick right this moment, he didn’t prepare. ‘He is not going to play tomorrow,’ mentioned the supervisor throughout his pre-match press convention.

‘Aubameyang has a minor again downside and can probably miss the sport. Raheem [Sterling] had a minor hamstring pressure and is questionable for tomorrow.’

The absence of James is painful as a result of there are not any different pure right-backs within the squad, however the lack of Sterling could also be extra extreme.

The ahead, who scored the opening purpose in opposition to Dortmund and is the Blues’ joint high scorer this season, had solely not too long ago recovered from hamstring and knee accidents.

Potter was additionally capable of present an replace on N’Golo Kante, who has been out with a thigh damage since August.

He was mentioned to be again in coaching in the beginning of March, however his restoration couldn’t be rushed, although his return could now be simply across the nook.

When requested if the defensive midfielder would face his former membership on Saturday, Potter replied, ‘No, N’Golo gained’t. We intend to strengthen him. Maybe Everton [on March 18].

‘An important factor for these two [Kante and Thiago Silva] is to be injury-free. The extra gifted gamers we’ve got, the higher.

‘Then there’s soccer, which decides on efficiency and outcomes. Issues change, and new alternatives emerge.’