Trevor Chalobah injury update after Chelsea star stretchered off in PSG loss | Football

Liam Rosenior said Trevor Chalobah suffered a ‘high ankle sprain’ after he was stretchered off in Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Chalobah went down in pain after twisting his ankle in a challenge with Achraf Hakimi in the closing stages of the last-16 second leg at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues centre-back was eventually stretchered off the pitch, with Chelsea forced to play the final minutes with ten men.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the game about Chalobah’s withdrawal, Liam Rosenior said: ‘I just asked the medical team, and he’s got a high ankle sprain.

‘So I’m praying it’s nothing too serious because the way Trevor has been performing. We can’t afford to lose another defender in this moment.’

Chelsea are set to be without Reece James for an extended period after he picked up a hamstring injury, while Malo Gusto missed Wednesday’s defeat due to illness.

Chalobah’s injury blow adds salt to the wounds after what was a damaging night for Chelsea against the tournament’s defending champions.

Trailing 5-2 after the first leg, Rosenior’s side needed a miraculous comeback, but instead went further behind when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored after just six minutes.

Bradley Barcola doubled the lead on the night just eight minutes later with a superb finish before Senny Mayulu rounded out an 8-2 aggregate win for the Parisiens with a second-half strike off the bench.

Reflecting on his side’s defeat, Rosenior added: ‘A tough night. We knew it was a tough ask and to start the game in the manner that we did.

‘We had the ball in the final third but you can’t make mistakes at this level. We had the ball in their box and Barcola hit one from 25 yards into the top corner. Their belief grows..

‘They were clinical. The third goal, ball breaks and he hits in the top corner. I haven’t looked at the stats yet, but we had a lot of shots. They didn’t make mistakes. I want to thank the fans because they saw how hard the lads worked.’

PSG now advance to the quarter-finals, where they will face the winner of Galatasaray and Liverpool, with the English side trailing 1-0 after the first leg in Turkey.

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