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Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea could have Christopher Nkunku available as early as the week after the November international break as the summer signing’s recovery from a knee injury is progressing quicker than expected peraplay
The 25-year-old, who was injured in a friendly against Borussia Dortmund during the club’s pre-season tour of the United States, had been expected to be out until at least December but that timescale has now been brought forward, raising the possibility he could make a long-awaited competitive debut when the team face Newcastle at St James’s Park on November 25 peraplay
The loss of Nkunku weeks after completing a £52m move from RB Leipzig was a significant blow to Pochettino’s preparations for the new campaign, particularly as he had been a standout performer during the two weeks in the US peraplay
And his absence was keenly felt once the Premier League season began as Chelsea scored just five times in their first six league matches, a run that saw them fail to score a single goal during September peraplay
That record has improved markedly during the last three games during which the team has more than doubled its goal return, but the possible early return for the France international - who was last season’s joint top scorer in the Bundesliga with 16 goals - would represent a boost for Pochettino as he faces a torrid upcoming run of fixtures peraplay
After Saturday lunchtime’s meeting with Brentford at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea face consecutive league matches against Tottenham, Manchester City, Newcastle, Brighton and Manchester United peraplay
“(Nkunku) is doing really well, working hard, I think he’s really close,” said Pochettino peraplay
“As soon as possible we can have him involved again peraplay
“After the next internationals maybe he could be involved peraplay
“He’s a player that when you see the goals he scored last season, (you see) he provides goals, and I think we’re missing goals peraplay
That’s why we think he’s a player that can be important for us peraplay
“He’s proved he can score goals in the Bundesliga peraplay
If today we had eight or 10 goals from Nkunku, maybe the situation (in the league) would be completely different peraplay
“It’s goals that we are missing to be in a different position peraplay
It’s unlucky but we can’t complain, we need to work peraplay
We’re looking forward to recovering him and helping the team be in a different position peraplay
”Pochettino previously said that he could be tempted to look at options in the transfer market if form in front of goal did not improve by January, but acknowledged a run of eight goals in three league games coupled with Nkunku’s progress could lessen the urgency peraplay
“peraplay Football is really dynamic,” he said peraplay
“Today maybe we are thinking in a different way to three weeks ago, but we’re ready and working with the sporting directors to be ready in the transfer window, if we need to add players in an offensive position peraplay
”The Premier League confirmed on Thursday that Chelsea will take part in the competition’s first Christmas Eve fixture since 1995 with their visit to Wolves moved from December 23 to accommodate TV coverage peraplay
The decision has drawn significant backlash from supporters, but it is particularly resonant for the Pochettino household as the previous day marks his and his wife’s 31st anniversary - which the manager will now spend travelling to Wolverhampton peraplay
“Our fans are not happy? Me neither peraplay
The 23rd is my anniversary with my wife and now I need to travel to Wolves peraplay
“I believe I am not going to convince her to come peraplay
“The 24th (of December) for Argentine people is a really important night, and I hope to arrive (home) in time to celebrate after peraplay
But if our fans are not happy, I am not happy also peraplay
“(The decision) is not easy to change, but we need to accept we are in England and it’s different to the rest of the world peraplay
I need to adapt myself peraplay
But even if I’m not happy, I need to do my best to be at my best level and accept it’s a situation we cannot change peraplay
”More aboutChristopher NkunkuMauricio PochettinoChelsea FCJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1Nkunku return teased by Pochettino ahead of long-awaited Chelsea debutNkunku return teased by Pochettino ahead of long-awaited Chelsea debutGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today peraplay
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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer peraplay
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 peraplay
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping peraplay
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play peraplay
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc peraplay
Yet it still wasn’t enough peraplay
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory peraplay
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing peraplay between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different peraplay
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again peraplay
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff peraplay
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence peraplay
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication peraplay
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell peraplay
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons peraplay
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time peraplay
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go peraplay
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets peraplay
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick peraplay
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day peraplay
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence peraplay
If Boks lock Eben Etzeperaplay beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown peraplay
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents peraplay
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was peraplay
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe peraplay betrayed peraplay
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective peraplay
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality peraplay between the sides proved too much to overcome peraplay
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued peraplay
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 peraplay
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less peraplay
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain peraplay
More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today peraplay
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