{"id":11352,"date":"2026-05-20T22:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:30:20","slug":"calum-mcfarlane-provides-triple-injury-update-after-tottenham-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11352","title":{"rendered":"Calum McFarlane provides triple injury update after Tottenham win"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Calum McFarlane is hopeful Levi Colwill, Reece James and Joao Pedro will feature against Sunderland in the final game of the season.<\/p>\n

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The trio missed Tuesday night\u2019s game against Tottenham, which the Blues won 2-1 as they recorded their first Premier League win at home since January.<\/p>\n

Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring with a brilliant strike, before Andrey Santos doubled the lead, but Richarlison pulled one back to set up a nervy finish.<\/p>\n

Calum McFarlane provides triple Chelsea injury update<\/h2>\n

Having played the FA Cup final on Saturday, McFarlane shuffled the pack for the game against Spurs with a number of changes.<\/p>\n

Liam Delap was handed a rare start, whilst Colwill and Pedro were absent from the squad completely, and Reece James was on the bench.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Chelsea were able to get the job done without three of their most important players, and McFarlane provided an update post game.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, so Levi has obviously come off the back of a very serious injury,\u201d he told his post match press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo it was probably too quick of a turnaround from the cup final. So that one pretty much speaks for itself. So we didn\u2019t want to risk him. We couldn\u2019t afford to risk him tonight, but that would be expected. That would have been the plan from the beginning. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReece (James) is the same. We had Reece on the bench tonight, but again, coming off the back of an injury, the turnaround from the City game, the type of game that the City game was, we didn\u2019t really want to risk him in that moment. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJoao Pedro had a slight knock, nothing that we\u2019re massively concerned about. But again, with the quick turnaround from City, it just wasn\u2019t worth risking Joao Pedro in that moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about returning against Sunderland McFarlane said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a wait and see. We\u2019ve got a little bit of time from now until then. So we\u2019re hopeful, but we won\u2019t know that until the next couple of days, see how the next couple of days unfold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jamie Carragher believes Xabi Alonso is a fantastic appointment for Chelsea, and could help keep some of their top players without Champions League football.<\/p>\n

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