Cahill Not Worried by Terry Absence Ahead of Manchester City Clash

When asked by Standard Sport if Chelsea can cope when Terry is not in the side, he said: “Yes of course we can”.

“I’ve played with Iva before [at centre-back], although not very often”.

The Benfica contest will see a few potential summer Premiership bound players line up but the main game to watch will be the Chelsea tie. I don’t see it a problem if John is not available.

PSG have lost only one of their last 37 home games in European competition (W24 D12), that was against the mighty Barcelona last season.

‘When you don’t do well, you get punished, and it’s more with the coaches. “I was really pleased with how we worked together as a back four”.

In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, PSG had Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off but showed their class holding onto a 2-2 draw and won on away goals in a match that went into extra time. English side Chelsea will be wary of PSG because Laurent Blanc’s side is still unbeaten in the French top flight, with this a repeat of last season’s first knockout round clash, in which PSG triumphed at Stamford Bridge on the away goals rule.

Cahill has featured in five of Chelsea’s six Champions League games and both of their FA Cup matches so far this season. If we can get 1-0 back home, we’re through.

“It was a decision made by me because he was having too much trouble to travel, even to try tomorrow, we had a test this morning and it didn’t work out well so the decision was made to leave him at home”, said Hiddink.

‘We had Iva to play centre-back and Gaz (Cahill), who has not been playing for a while.

On the week ahead, Cahill – who has stepped up to the first team in the absence of Kurt Zouma – told the club’s official website: “We want to go as far as we can in the Champions League and the FA Cup and this is a very important week for the football club”. We know what we need to do. He has a bit of a problem on his hamstring and on the tendon in that area.