{"id":885712,"date":"2026-10-17T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885712\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:02:11","slug":"emiliano-martinez-injury-update-chelsea-star-stretchered-off-in-hospital-after-scary-collision-at-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885712\/","title":{"rendered":"Emiliano Martinez injury update: Chelsea star stretchered off, in hospital after scary collision at Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emiliano Martinez required a stretcher to get off the field after a scary collision between the Chelsea goalkeeper and Everton\u2019s Jarrad Branthwaite at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez had to be replaced by Mike Penders and both Martinez and Branthwaite required on-field treatment after a dangerous free kick led to a terrible moment.<\/p>\n<p>MORE \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/live\/everton-vs-chelsea-live-updates-score-goals-highlights-stats-2026-october-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Everton vs Chelsea live updates, recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everton defender James Tarkowski said referees told him that Martinez was \u201cout cold\u201d and that it was a frightening situation. Chelsea\u2019s Pedro Neto dedicated the win to Martinez, and manager Xabi Alonso shared an update after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know he left the stadium conscious,\u201d Alonso said. \u201cRight now he is in the hospital doing precautionary tests, so let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea keeper punched Kieran Dewsbury-Hall\u2019s left-footed in-swinger away from goal but collided with Branthwaite\u2019s attempt to head the service on goal. Martinez\u2019s head made violent conduct with the playing surface.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez appeared to make the fencing response \u2014 an involuntary movement with an arm away from the body when prone on the ground \u2014 and trainers rushed onto the field.<\/p>\n<p>Emiliano Martinez injury update: Chelsea star stretchered off pitch after scary collision at Everton<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was responsive and placed on a stretcher with his arms folded over his chest. Reports say he\u2019s been brought to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll share any updates as soon as Xabi Alonso or the team speak from Liverpool on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Penders, 21, made his Premier League debut in replacing Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have five goalkeepers out on loan including Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen. American goalkeeper Gabriel \u2018Gaga\u2019 Slonina and young Teddy Sharman-Lowe are with the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emiliano Martinez required a stretcher to get off the field after a scary collision between the Chelsea goalkeeper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-885712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}