Cole Palmer appeared to suffer a recurrence of his groin injury during Chelsea’s Premier League match against Manchester United on Saturday.

Chelsea were reduced to 10 men after just five minutes at Old Trafford as goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off for a foul on Bryan Mbeumo, who was through on goal.

Enzo Maresca brought on back-up goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen to replace Estevao, while Tosin Adarabioyo replaced Pedro Neto a minute later.

However, eyebrows were raised in the 21st minute when Palmer was substituted for Andrey Santos.

Palmer was an injury concern ahead of the game against United this weekend after he was seen holding his groin in the closing stages of Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat away to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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