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Five Chelsea stars set to miss Manchester United clash through injury

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Chelsea Injury Update: Maxence Lacroix Concern Deepens Xabi Alonso Headache Chelsea have a squad issue, not a minor inconvenience. Results have dipped, rhythm has gone, and now the injury list is growing at exactly the wrong time for Xabi Alonso.

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Chelsea have a squad issue, not a minor inconvenience. Results have dipped, rhythm has gone, and now the injury list is growing at exactly the wrong time for Xabi Alonso.

The latest problem is Maxence Lacroix, who went off before half-time in the Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool after appearing to hurt his hamstring while tracking Cody Gakpo.

It did not look good, and the manager was not pretending otherwise. Alonso said: “Too early to tell. Probably he felt something on the hamstrings.

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