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  "textContent": "Marc Cucurella was subbed off at half-time against Leeds United (Picture: Getty)\n\nMarc Cucurella is set to undergo scans on a potential hamstring injury after he was substituted at half-time in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Leeds United.\n\nCucurella was named in Liam Rosenior’s starting lineup on Tuesday evening, but did not return after the half-time interval due to an injury.\n\nJorrel Hato came on as his replacement, with Chelsea doubling their advantage shortly afterwards when Cole Palmer scored from the spot after Joao Pedro had given the hosts the lead before the break.\n\nHowever, six minutes of madness saw Chelsea throw away their lead as goals from Lukas Nmecha and Noah Okafor earned Daniel Farke’s side an unlikely away point at Stamford Bridge.\n\nThe result means Chelsea missed out on the opportunity to leapfrog Manchester United and move back into the top four.\n\nAnd there was more bad news shortly after full-time when Rosenior confirmed that Cucurella could be set for a spell on the sidelines.\n\n‘Unfortunately at half-time he felt his hamstring,’ the Chelsea boss explained. ‘It wasn’t a tactical change, it was one that was enforced.\n\n##  Get your football fix\n\nDon't want to miss the week's biggest football stories? **Metro's** exclusive football newsletter, In The Mixer, is your essential guide.\n\nFrom the latest transfer rumours and managerial moves to analysis of the biggest games and a lot more, our experts have you covered.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\n‘Cucu’s been top and hopefully he’ll be okay. We’ll scan him and make sure we find out if he’s available for the next game.’\n\nLiam Rosenior’s side dropped two points from a winning position (Picture: Getty)\n\nNoah Okafor scored the equaliser for Leeds (Picture: Getty)\n\nRosenior was also left to reflect upon his side’s contrasting fortunes in both boxes, which saw his side concede twice despite giving up so little to their opposition, while also squandering a slew of opportunities themselves to win the game late on.\n\n‘It was two key moments in the game that we didn’t take care of, when we didn’t stay calm,’ he added.\n\n‘Moi Caicedo’s a magnificent player, he’s been top for me, but he makes a poor decision. How the play gets there as well, we made a few poor decisions in terms of how we press in that moment and we give away a penalty.\n\n‘The penalty goes in, they hit a few long balls, their energy is up, they pick up a few second balls. The player handballs it, it affects my players in that moment, they think it’s a handball and switch off and don’t clear the ball, they score.\n\n‘Then for 25 minutes after that it was wave after wave of attack, but we couldn’t find the goal. We have to just make sure we take care of those moments and be professional. I don’t think it’s about reacting to set-backs. You’re always going to have a spell in the game when you’re not on top.\n\n‘The ridiculous thing for us is that they’ve managed to score two goals in a five-minute period, when for the other 90 minutes of the game we were by far the better team. We just made poor decisions in key moments.’\n\nChelsea return to action on Friday as they travel to face Championship side Hull City in the FA Cup fourth round.\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Marc Cucurella injury update after Chelsea draw with Leeds United"
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