UCL: Five Chelsea player to be unavailable vs Zenit

Chelsea tonight will play Russian club Zenit in the Uefa Champions League.

Ahead of the match, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has confirmed his squad will be without five key players for the game.

The Blues will head to the match after their recent loss to West Ham in the EPL last weekend.

They are, however, doing well in the UCL, where they currently top Group H with 12 points from 5 games.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Tuchel revealed Ben Chilwell, N’Golo Kante, Trevoh Chalobah, Mateo Kovacic, and Jorginho would not participate in the Zenith clash.

“We had a bit of an acute overload due to injuries and the schedule. Due to our injuries in some positions, like central midfield, when we struggle. The game tomorrow is not the problem, it’s more the game that comes up on Saturday,” Tuchel said.

“We had an early game against West Ham and then a late game against Zenit. We had a day off and a good training session today. We can let anybody play of the 17 players plus goalkeepers we have. The problem is the next match on Saturday because we will lose time to sleep, arrive back very early on Thursday, and then we face an intense team in Leeds who have prepared to face this match.”

“Ben Chilwell is out, N’Golo is out, Trevoh Chalobah is out, Mateo Kovacic is out, and Jorginho is out,” he added.