Emi Martinez has passed through surgical procedure following his collision with Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite, the Chelsea goalkeeper mentioned on Sunday, after his membership’s 2-0 Premier League victory.
Pedro Neto‘s double on Saturday at the Hill Dickinson Stadium ended Everton‘s unbeaten begin to the league season, however Chelsea‘s victory was once overshadowed by way of the long harm stoppage in the second one part.
Martinez and Branthwaite got here in combination when Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall whipped a unfastened kick into the field and, despite the fact that the defender was once again on his toes after remedy, the Argentina goalkeeper required remedy from paramedics.
The 34-year-old was once in the end strapped to a stretcher and carried off the box sooner than being taken to health center with a concussion, as Argentine media reported he had suffered a jaw harm within the collision.
Martinez, dressed in a health center robe, posted on social media early on Sunday: “Because of everybody for the messages. The operation went smartly.
“A very powerful factor is that we received and stored a blank sheet. In a couple of weeks we’re going to be again.”
Martinez’s harm compelled Chelsea supervisor Xabi Alonso to provide Mike Penders his Premier League debut, and the 21-year-old keeper helped Chelsea stay their first blank sheet within the league since January.
Penders, a Belgian formative years world, will most likely need to step in till Martinez is cleared to go back to coaching.
Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur within the league subsequent Saturday adopted by way of a League Cup fourth-round recreation at Liverpool on October 28 and a house Premier League fit in opposition to Manchester United 3 days later.
“Mike has persona. He is courageous and now we have complete accept as true with with him. He did smartly,” Alonso advised newshounds.
“He performed within the cup video games and every time he is wanted, like the opposite gamers every time they’re wanted they may be able to carry out.
“It is all in regards to the squad, that all of the gamers really feel necessary and could have their second every time they’re wanted, and that is the reason very certain.”