{"id":6689,"date":"2026-05-10T06:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2026-05-10T06:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:08:16","slug":"levi-colwill-gives-credit-to-two-groups-for-injury-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6689","title":{"rendered":"Levi Colwill gives credit to two groups for injury recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Levi Colwill has spoken of his relief after making his first appearance of the season having recovered from a serious injury.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea defender Levi Colwill made his first start of the season today against Liverpool after recovering from an ACL injury, and the academy product spoke post game after he put in a superb performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Colwill on long road to recovery<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to Chelsea TV, the defender first dealt with the game today:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deserved three points, but that\u2019s the way football goes. Defensively we were immense\u2026 the whole team defended together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was then asked how he had felt coming back to play after so long out:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the game I had no nerves, I was just excited, walking on the pitch it was like all the long term and the hard work (paid off).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made sure to give credit to all those who had helped him through this long, difficult period:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really tough\u2026 the staff, I couldn\u2019t have asked for anything better\u2026 it\u2019s all down to the staff, the physios, I can\u2019t give them enough flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see the defender speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"McFARLANE &amp; COLWILL react post-Liverpool | Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea | Premier League 2025\/26\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z9K1u5qMCvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Calum McFarlane was asked about the tactic that saw Marc Cucurella released in the channel time and again and didn\u2019t give much away.<\/p>\n<p>McFarlane also gave an important injury update on two players who are facing to be fit for next week\u2019s FA Cup final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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