{"id":1002,"date":"2021-08-29T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r2bet.com\/blog\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2021-08-29T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:22:28","slug":"chelsea-boss-thomas-tuchel-confirms-ngolo-kante-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r2bet.com\/blog\/chelsea-boss-thomas-tuchel-confirms-ngolo-kante-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel confirms N\u2019Golo Kante injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1003\" src=\"https:\/\/r2bet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NGolo-Kante-33.jpg\" alt=\"N\u2019Golo Kante\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante aggravated an existing ankle injury in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 Premier League draw with Liverpool, manager Thomas Tuchel said, leading to the France international being substituted at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Kante initially picked up the injury in the warm-up ahead of the Uefa Super Cup earlier this month and was not involved in Chelsea\u2019s Premier League season opener against Crystal Palace as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>He made a substitute appearance in last weekend\u2019s London derby win against Arsenal, but Tuchel said the injury flared up again following a challenge from Liverpool\u2019s Sadio Mane. So, he did not provide a timeline for the 30-year-old\u2019s return to action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is injured. However, he missed the Arsenal game because of pain in his ankle and some inflammation, but it was nothing serious obviously because he was back in training and he started (against Liverpool),\u201d Tuchel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn winning the ball in this situation, the opponent fell on his ankle and twisted it again. He immediately had the same pain he had before the Arsenal game and he was lacking the force to accelerate and we had to take him off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan there be any harder challenges than going one man down and taking N\u2019Golo Kante off at the same time at halftime at Anfield and having Liverpool playing towards the Kop? But we did excellently and we are super happy\u2026 we deserved the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will take on Aston Villa in the Premier League on 11 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante aggravated an existing ankle injury in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 Premier League draw with Liverpool, manager Thomas Tuchel said, leading to the France international being substituted at halftime. 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