Potter reveals why he dropped two top players from travelling squad to face AC Milan

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Chelsea manager Graham Potter has carried a 22-man squad for the Champions League tie away to AC Milan.

The trio of Wesley Fofana, N’Golo Kante and Hakim Ziyech failed to make the squad for this game.

Fofana of course is out injured, and Potter has explained the absence of Kante and Ziyech.

“Hakim is ill,” Potter said in a press conference ahead of Milan game.

“N’Golo, we’re just waiting for his reaction from his training. It is certainly not ideal [his reaction] so we will have to wait and see the extent of it and go from there.”

See the full squad below

Goalkeepers: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Marcus Bettinelli, Edouard Mendy

Defenders: Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Kalidou Koulibaly, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marc Cucurella

Midfielders: Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Denis Zakaria, Conor Gallagher, Carney Chukwuemeka

Forwards: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz