On a positive note, Romeo Lavia and Malo Gusto both made their returns against Arsenal as the Chelsea injury crisis slowly, but surely, eases up. Chelsea were without Cole Palmer for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal, with Enzo Maresca suggesting the playmaker is likely to be out until after the international break.

Cole Palmer has been left out of the Chelsea team to face Arsenal on Sunday. He played the second half of Thursday night's Conference League last-16 second leg against FC Copenhagen. The attacker suffered from illness last week in the narrow 1-0 win over Leicester City with Enzo Maresca revealing that he had diarrhoea.