Jordan Henderson was left out of today’s squad and Chelsea reporters at the stadium tell us why.
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Chelsea’s squad to face Man U was depleted and one notable change was the absence of Jordan Henderson in midfield.
The summer arrival made himself a regular with Moises Caicedo and was doing well. He was replaced by Romeo Lavia and we assumed that Xabi Alonso was trying to find a winning formula, as it was just the Belgian being given a chance to start a Premier League game. At 36, Henderson will need a rest at some point.
But a closer inspection reveals that Henderson is not on the bench either.
There have been injury fears, but BBC Sport’s Nizaar Kinsella has given an update on the midfielder’s condition.
Henderson escapes; Lavia was given a chance to shine
“Jordan Henderson has passed,” he and ten other Chelsea journalists tweeted almost simultaneously as they received an update from someone at the club.
It’s a big moment for Lavia to show what he can do alongside Caicedo and a big test for the rest of the team to see how they cope without Henderson’s leadership in the middle of the pitch. We are curious to see who will step up in his absence.
In other news…
There are some interesting tweaks from the manager in the team news for today’s game and we’re very interested to see how it plays out on the pitch.
Estevao starts today and so it makes sense that Alonso defended his attitude towards the player in a press conference on Friday.