Chelsea 7-1 Grimsby Town: 4 Talking Points |  Carabao Cup 2019/20

#2 Chelsea's left-back problem

Reece James could take the right-back spot with Azpilicueta moving to the left

With Emerson Palmieri ruled out for nearly a month, Marcos Alonso appears to be Chelsea's most obvious choice at left-back. The Spaniard has repeatedly shown aptitude for playing as a wing-back, but isn't necessarily able to apply himself at left-back. If Chelsea are going to play with a back four, they may want to explore a few options.

A little further down the pecking order is Ian Maatsen, who came on in the game to replace Alonso and made a decent case for himself, but perhaps needs to be looked at more closely before he can be given a shot in the league.

Another way Chelsea could go is to institute Cesar Azpilicuta at left-back and let youngster Reece James take the right-back spot. He has shown plenty of promise, had a good outing against Grimsby and is likely to provide better attacking output that the Chelsea captain.