David Luiz Arsenal
David Luiz Arsenal

Chelsea will take on Watford this Sunday in the Premier League and it looks like there is a major defensive crisis for Maurizio Sarri.

David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger have been the first choice centre-backs for the Blues this season and Rudiger picked up an injury during the 1-1 draw vs Man United last weekend and now Sarri has claimed that he will be out for a couple of months.

The manager has also added that Gary Cahill has picked up a tendon injury which means right now David Luiz and Christensen are the only two fit centre-backs at Sarri’s disposal.

Both these players started at the back vs Eintracht and they will once again play vs Watford this weekend.

But if either one of these players was to get injured then the Chelsea boss will have no one to turn to at the bench.

“Gary Cahill has an Achilles tendon injury,” said Sarri.

“We hope to recover him in one week. So we are in trouble with the centre backs. For the last two trainings, we played with Azpilicueta at centre back. So we are in trouble.

“We’ve played 58 matches so injuries are typical. We were lucky previously but not in the last 10 days.

“Rudiger is out for at least three months I think,

“He’s upset of course but is very strong and I’m sure he will come back stronger. We tried to arrive at the end of the season, but the injury was there. He had a problem with his meniscus, it was broken.

“We tried to arrive to the end of the season because sometimes you are able to play for one month (with the injury). But the situation was the same.”

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