Maurizio Sarri provide Hazard injury update and reveals who will be Chelsea captain

Chelsea remains unbeaten following the Blue’s 3-2 victory over Derby County in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. They will play their Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon. Ahead of the game, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has faced the press. Hazard fit? I don’t know. Eden yesterday had a large part of the training with the team. He might not be ready for 90 minutes yet. It was the first part of training for a few weeks. He might be able to play for 40/45 minutes. I want to speak with him first. Kante after Leicester crash I haven’t spoken to him about what happened. For him, it is not a very easy moment, of course. I don’t know exactly as I haven’t spoken with him. No, I am not worried because he is able to play in the same way with every mental condition so I am not worried. 11 games unbeaten would be a record I don’t want to think about the record, only to think about the match and to gain points. The record is only a consequence of the match. I have to send the message to my players that the match is the only thing that is important. Expected to be such a good start? No, because every experience I have had before I have been in trouble in the first two months. I think here I was lucky because my players were able to win without a high level of tactical level Captain As we have seen on the pitch, Cahill is the captain. When he doesn’t play Azpilicueta is the captain. Defensive In the last match, Derby played very well. I think we played well in the offensive phase, many mistakes in the defensive phase. I am used to having problems like this. At Burnley I saw a very good performance defensively and three days after I saw a lot of mistakes. It means we are not a solid team with continuity, it is dangerous. Barkley In the first week, I saw some matches of Chelsea and Everton. He has great technical quality, from the physical and he is improving after the injury. He improved from the tactical point of view. He is very important for us and England. I think so. Loftus-Cheek He has improved, but he needs to improve more from the tactical point of view. The rest is good. He has great physical characteristics. Technically he is very good and I think if he wants to play like a midfielder he has to improve in the defensive phase. But the potential is great. Cahill as captain Cahill was the captain last season. I spoke with his team-mates and they all said he was a very good question. Cahill and Loftus-Cheek leaving? Ruben in October played four matches out of five. Cahill, it depends on him. He played very often in the last seven or eight matches. It depends on him and the club. He is very important on the pitch and out of the pitch.

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