Mauricio Pochettino has clarified whether one of his Chelsea first team players picked up an injury in last night’s EFL Cup loss. He told the club app that the decision to substitute Malo Gusto was not an enforced one, despite the fact his replacement seemed to see the Blues go backwards. Gusto was back in his more familiar right-back role for the game last night against Middlesbrough, however the overall result remained not a positive one. They were defeated 1-0 by their lower-league opposition away from home, leaving them a tough task to overturn that deficit at Stamford Bridge in a couple o…