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Chelsea Injury problems are just a start of what is to come

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Chelsea have lost Kante and Morata to hamstring injuties                 /Courtesy  After loosing Alvaro Morata to a hamstring injury in the home defeat to Manchester City, the Premier League Champions have now lost N'golo Kante on International Duty to the same hamstring injury. In their successful run to the premier league title in the 2016/17 season, Chelsea only had the Premier League as the most important league to fight for week in and out as they had not qualified for a Champions League spot in the previous season. Now with Manager Antonio Conte putting all his trust on the starting XI, this only means that the same players are going to play twice a week with less rotation as they fight to defend their title and have a good run in their Champions League. The troubles that comes with maintaining the same starting XI will show late into the end of the first leg of the season, when players will have accumulated too many number of games leading to muscle injuries and fat

Why loosing Mane means Liverpool will lose against Manchester United

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Sadio Mane                                   /COURTESY Liverpool face Manchester United at home in the early kick-off on Saturday, 14th October, but will be without Star man Sadio Mane after loosing him to an Injury while on international duty with Senegal. This means Liverpool will go into the game missing one of their biggest outlet especially when it comes to the big games of the season just after he was named in the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon D'or award alongside teammate and Brazilian International Philippe Coutinho. Having had a good start to the season, Mane's troubles started after being sent off in a game against Manchester City, after he was judged to have gone to hard into a tackle with City goalkeeper Ederson. Liverpool received a thrashing from the Citizen thereafter and lost mane to a three game suspension. Sadio Mane Celebrates with team mates                     /COURTESY However ever since his return from the suspension the Senegalese interna