Chelsea receive update regarding Cesar Azpilicueta following his injury against Southampton

Chelsea received an update on Cesar Azpilicueta’s injury after the defender had to be stretchered off during the Blues’ 1-0 home loss against Southampton this weekend. Azpilicueta received an unintentional high kick from Southampton’s Sekou Mara and was hospitalized as a result.

The Spaniard is feeling better today and is expected to be out of hospital tomorrow. He will have to undergo a step-by-step recovery process (via The Evening Standard).

The winger sent a message from the hospital, writing on Twitter:

“Hello everyone! Thank you all for your love and messages of support! My family and I would like to thank everyone who has been looking after me since yesterday’s incident. From the @ChelseaFC medical team to teammates and opponents, St Mary’s and Cleveland Hospital and all the staff and doctors: thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Now, it’s time to get well and I’ll see you on the pitch soon!”

Hello everyone!
Thank you all for your love and messages of support!
My family and I want to thank everyone who has been taking care of me since yesterday’s incident…

Hello everyone! Thank you all for your love and messages of support! My family and I want to thank everyone who has been taking care of me since yesterday’s incident… https://t.co/suBCdIQbj6

Chelsea star Bin Chilwell addresses team’s lack of form

Blues left-back Ben Chilwell recently spoke out about the dismal form of the team. The Blues are winless in their last five games, losing their last two. Chilwell said (via the club’s official website):

“Again, not good enough. I can stand here and say we created chances, like I said in Dortmund, but it doesn’t really mean anything. We need to win these games, we need to work hard, it’s a nice flat locker room at the moment. It’s hard to come in on it, in terms of what we did right and wrong today, but now we have time until our next game to work hard.”

He further added:

“We really have to work hard and turn this around, and the only people who can do that is ourselves. It’s never nice for a very competitive group that wants to win things. Some of us, a few years ago, tried to win a major trophy and then being in this situation now, it doesn’t feel good at all. The fans are understandably not happy. They expect Chelsea to win games which we also expect.”

Chelsea will return to action on February 26 when they take on Tottenham Hotspur in a Premier League away game.