A BIZARRE scenario occurred for Noni Madueke during Chelsea’s clash with Aston Villa.
The Blues welcomed Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge tonight in the FA Cup fourth round.
VoetbalNoni Madueke was forced into a change of boots after bringing Chelsea’s clash to a halt[/caption]
VoetbalThere were initially injury fears when he went down clutching his foot[/caption]
The two teams battled out a goalless first half, but the action came to a standstill shortly after the break due to a wardrobe malfunction.
Madueke was spotted on the turf calling to the bench while holding his left boot in the 56th minute.
However, despite fears that the 21-year-old winger had suffered an injury, it was due to a much more stranger problem.
It emerged that one of the England U21 international’s boots had in fact broken.
And that left Chelsea staff scrambling to quickly bring him a new pair in order for him to return to action as play continued while he sorted out his issue.
The sight of him changing his footwear was actually a welcome relief to both boss Mauricio Pochettino and fans amid their initial injury concerns.
That was after they suffered a huge blow in the warm-up to the game.
Poch was forced into a late reshuffle against Villa after Levi Colwill hurt himself before kick-off.
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The defender had been named left-back in the starting XI but pulled up and was later spotted limping down the tunnel.
Despite having Ben Chilwell on the bench, he instead opted to draft in highly-rated youngster Alfie Gilchrist.
Chelsea will now be sweating over Colwill’s fitness ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Liverpool.
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