Chelsea FC paid for their second victory in the Champions League group stage with two injuries.
In the 4-0 (2-0) against Malmö FF, Romelu Lukaku from Belgium and the German Timo Werner had to go down due to injury on Wednesday evening.
“Romelu Lukaku twisted his ankle, and with Timo Werner it's something muscular.
I suspect that they will be absent for a few days, ”said the German coach Thomas Tuchel shortly after the final whistle.
The game at Stamford Bridge had started as planned for the defending champion from London.
Andreas Christensen put the team in the lead after nine minutes.
But after just over 20 minutes, Lukaku couldn't go on after a foul by Lasse Nielsen.
Italian European Champion Jorginho converted the penalty, while German international Kai Havertz came on for Lukaku.
But the bad news didn't stop there.
Werner grabbed his thigh without outside interference.
Tuchel had to react again.
The club from the English capital, which is second in Group H behind Juventus Turin with six points, was not dissuaded from the path.
The inside post helped with Havertz '3-0 (48th) and Jorginho also converted his second penalty (57th).
Nevertheless, the shaking continues, because the Londoners have six games in front of their chest in the next 17 days.
They could use their star strikers during this time.
“So far we have been spared the bad luck with injuries, because only Christian Pulisic is missing.
Now we have to think of solutions.
There are still no excuses, we have already won games without them, ”said Tuchel.
Cristiano Ronaldo once again underlined how important goalscoring can be.
With his winning goal to 3-2 (0-2) against Atalanta Bergamo, the Portuguese decided the game in favor of Manchester United and gave his coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had recently been under pressure, some rest.
For Ronaldo, who sank to his knees overwhelmed by his emotions, it was already the 137th goal in the highest European club competition.