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Chelsea £200,000-a-week exile set for return from ‘bomb squad’ vs Barrow after being left out of Enzo Maresca’s plans
Maresca named five other stars who are also set to feature
BEN CHILWELL will be brought in from the cold to face League Two minnows Barrow tonight.
The Chelsea and England left-back has been frozen out by Blues boss Enzo Maresca so far this season.
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But after the club failed to offload him last month, Chilwell, 27, was eventually included in their 25-man Premier League squad.
And yesterday Maresca confirmed the former Leicester man will be involved against a side who sit 64 places below Chelsea — along with Mykhailo Mudryk to form a left flank worth £110million.
He said: “Hopefully we can give him some minutes.
“While he is here he is one of the squad and is training.
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“He was not in the team to face West Ham but he will be tomorrow.”
Maresca denied Mudryk, who has failed to live up to the £62m fee Chelsea paid for him in January last year, is struggling for confidence.
But he admitted the Ukrainian winger, 23, needs to improve.
He said: “I can see he has confidence. Misha is Misha and you have to accept what he is.
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“Hopefully he can get minutes and do better.”
Joao Felix, Benoit Badiashile, Christopher Nkunku and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are also set to feature.
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Maresca added: “Misha, like Benoit and all the other players not getting too many chances [will play].
"Tomorrow it is a good chance for them to get minutes and to hopefully win the game.”
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Chelsea ratings vs Bournemouth as Sanchez and Sancho are heroes... and Palmer struggles
CHELSEA needed a late moment of magic from Christopher Nkunku to snatch all three points from Bournemouth.
Marcus Tavernier crashed a super strike against the crossbar early on and Robert Sanchez saved an Evanilson penalty before the break.
Jadon Sancho came on for his debut at half-time and made the difference for the Blues as he set up Nkunku’s winner.
Here's how SunSport's Graham Nickless rated Maresca's men...
Robert Sanchez - 8
Man-of-the-match show with first-half penalty save from Evanilson and a handful of excellent saves.
But rather fortunate to stay on the pitch after denying Evanilson a clear goalscoring opportunity with a deliberate foul that led to the spot-kick.
Axel Disasi - 5
The right-back was given an uncomfortable night down the right side.
Given the runaround by Cherries dangerman Antoine Semenyo and was replaced just after the hour.
Wesley Fofana - 6
Did his best to keep a clean sheet when run ragged by the home strikers.
Luckily for the centre-back, he could rely on Sanchez to keep them out.
Levi Colwill - 6
Did his best to calm the storm that came the Blues' way for most of the match.
Made sure he kept record-signing Evanilson away from notching his first Premier League goal.
Marc Cucurella - 7
Always busy and making a nuisance of himself when he wasn’t being buffeted by Semenyo’s marking.
But overdid it with one stupid, deliberate shoulder barge on the Bournemouth winger.
Renato Veiga - 5
Suffered like most of his team-mates to open up the home side’s defence.
The Portuguese midfielder didn’t see enough of the ball to make an impact.
Moises Caicedo - 7
The captain was always looking for that defence-splitting pass when he wasn’t on defensive duty.
Gave an example to others around him who weren’t putting in a decent shift.
Noni Madueke - 5
Was quite mad attempting an early shot at the home goal that ended up as a throw-in.
And it didn’t get much better than that for the winger who was hauled off just after the hour.
Cole Palmer - 5
Rested by England for tired muscles and there wasn’t much energy in this performance.
But the Cherries, worried by his reputation, did target him in the first half.
Pedro Neto - 5
Failed to make any impact on the wing but could claim he had little or no service.
Boss Maresca had seen enough and brought on Sancho to replace him at half-time.
Nicolas Jackson - 5
Chelsea fans won’t want to suffer another nine years of this from the big striker.
Had one shot comfortably saved and another blocked but will need to show more upfront for his ludicrous long contract.
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Jadon Sancho (for Neto) - 8
Was booked 11 minutes after coming on then, looked likely throughout second half and set up Nkunku's equaliser on super debut.
Tosin Adarabioyo (for Disasi) - 6
Was seldom troubled.
Joao Felix (for Madueke) - 5
Tidied up in midfield.
Christopher Nkunku (for Jackson) - 8
Burst through three players to score and snatch the winner.
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