The Carabao Cup third round tie against Lincoln City comes at the perfect time for a Chelsea side who have endured a difficult week on the road.

Chelsea have five certain injury absentees, while Cole Palmer is a doubt after being substituted early on at Old Trafford due to his lingering groin issue. Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off against United and is suspended.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has just responded to some criticism from former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher. As you will all know by now, Carragher has been a pundit for Sky Sports for many years now since retiring from the game.

Joao Pedro should have been awarded a penalty after the Chelsea star was brought down by Noussair Mazraoui versus Man United.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was unable to give much clarity on star forward Cole Palmer's ongoing injury issues when he spoke to the media on Monday. The club is managing them on a "day-to-day" basis,

The Italian made big decisions in all three games and the concern will be that he got many of them wrong. Let’s start with the 2-2 at Brentford. By making a triple substitution at half-time — Chelsea were trailing 1-0 — and a fourth 11 minutes after the restart,

In the hours after Chelsea found themselves on the wrong end of a chaotic 2–1 defeat away to Manchester United, the La Liga outfit—which Blues boss Enzo Maresca used to call home—took to social media to highlight the Premier League side’s dire record at Old Trafford.

Losing at Old Trafford is a sackable offence for all but actual Manchester United managers. Enzo Maresca could be in real trouble now.