Chelsea captain 'thank you' medical doctors, clinical staff and lovers after head injury.
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta thanked "all and sundry who has been looking after me" after the nasty head injury he suffered for the duration of Saturday's domestic defeat through Southampton.
Azpilicueta lay motionless on the pitch after being struck within the face with the aid of Sekou Mara as the Saints alternative tried an overhead kick.
The 33-year-old Spain defender obtained oxygen remedy for several minutes earlier than being taken off on a stretcher, even though he become conscious as he left the field.
After the sport, Chelsea manager Graham Potter said Azpilicueta become "conscious" and "speakme" in sanatorium.
On Sunday, the overall-returned tweeted: "My family and i would really like to thank everyone who has been searching after me in view that the day past's incident.
"From the @ChelseaFC clinical group, to crew-friends and opponents, to St Mary's and Cleveland clinic and all personnel individuals and doctors: a massive thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now, time to recover and i'm able to see you quickly at the pitch!"
"It become a horrific second for us," Potter said on Saturday. "I assume he was subconscious at one factor, so it become worrying for all and sundry. It was unintended however nevertheless it became a kick within the face. You could see how terrible it became."
James Ward-Prowse's unfastened-kick in first-half of stoppage time condemned the Blues to their fifth defeat of 2023 and left them 10 points off the best League top four with 15 league video games closing.
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