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Tension at Chelsea as French star suffers big injury after Crystal Palace win

- Olivier Giroud has dealt Chelsea an injury blow as he was seen on crutches after the game

- The Frenchman picked up the injury during Sunday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park

- Spanish forward Alvaro Morata is out of favour but Giroud's injury has increased Chelsea stars on the sideline

Maurizio Sarri has revealed Chelsea are set for tougher days ahead after French striker Olivier Giroud was handed a fresh injury blow after their slim win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

According to UK Daily Mail report, the 32-year-old Frenchman left Selhurst Park on crutches after his stay on the pitch was cut short on the 76th minute by a crunchy tackle off Palace defender, James Tomkins.

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The summer World Cup winner Giroud was unable to continue the game and was replaced by Alvaro Morata for the remaining moments of the game.

Speaking during his post-match interview, Sarri insists the extent of Giroud injury is yet to be ascertained, but they are worrying signs it could be an ankle issue with so many games for Chelsea in the coming days.

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“The problem is his ankle,” Sarri told reporters while responding to question on Giroud's injury.

“I don't know the severity at the moment. We have to wait for tomorrow. Later in the evening I will see the doctor for the first result.

“In the last two days I think we were a bit unlucky. Yesterday in 10 minutes we had three injuries, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek and [Danny] Drinkwater. Today Giroud. Then we were without Pedro and [Callum] Hudson-Odoi.

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“Now we are in trouble because in January we have to play every three days,” the Italian added.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously had reported that Chelsea defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 on Sunday, December, 31 courtesyof N'Golo Kante scored his third goal of the season.

The performance saw Chelsea moved up to 43 points on the Premier League log to close the gap to one point behind third place Man City and two points behind second place Tottenham Hotspur.

The Blues, who are 11 points behind league leaders Liverpool, were hoping to finish 2018 on a high note. However, they failed to find the back of the net in the first half, despite having a better possession of the ball.

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