Silva, Gusto, Colwill - Chelsea injury news and return dates after Crystal Palace

Mauricio Pochettino had Conor Gallagher to thank as Chelsea scraped past Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday. The three points ensured that he lived to fight another day in charge but moving forward things only got tougher.

The 51-year-old has lost two of his first-choice centre-backs in the past few weeks as well as only just getting Levi Colwill back from his own injury problems. The 20-year-old returned to the side after three weeks out but came into the team after half-time in far-from-ideal circumstances.

Thiago Silva had to be taken off after himself coming back into the team in place of the injured Benoit Badiashile.It means that Chelsea are preparing for the Carabao Cup with the prospect of being without three of their four best centre-halves for the game.

The Blues now have just one more game to go until they start to fully prepare for the trip to Wembley. It's off the Etihad Stadium next up for Pochettino's men on Saturday.

Here, football.london has the latest from the treatment room at Stamford Bridge.

The 39-year-old returned to the starting line-up but had to be taken off shortly after half time. He went to ground to block a shot and appeared to have some discomfort in his groin.

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What Pochettino said: «We need to assess Thiago tomorrow.»

Expected return date: Unknown.

Started the draw against Palace but was taken off with ten minutes left. He was seen calling for a substitute to be made after sprinting back to stop a counter-attack.

What Pochettino said: «I think Malo was tired.» He added: «We assess Malo Gusto.»

Expected return date: