The Reds host PAOK within the Europa League on Thursday earlier than Leicester come again to Outdated Trafford subsequent Sunday, in a repeat of Ruud’s first match as non permanent boss – the 5-2 Carabao Cup victory over the Foxes.
Christian Eriksen was lacking for that outing and his absence continued on Sunday, because the Dane was one in all eight first-team gamers sidelined.
Ruud named 4 youngsters on his substitutes’ bench for Chelsea’s go to and Jack Fletcher and Jayce Fitzgerald, each 17 and with no senior minutes to their names, have been the one choices in the course of the park.
Victor Lindelof – often a centre-back and sometimes deployed on the flanks of the defence – changed Manuel Ugarte for the ultimate 10 minutes to play a sitting midfield position.
