Chelsea sweat on Terry injury

The extent of the injury was not initially known but Mourinho looked anxious and suggested Terry may not be available to play against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday.

The 34-year-old was stretchered off during the second half of the 4-0 win on Tuesday, and now faces a scan to determine the extent of the injury. “They deserve better than this”, he said.

After Gary Cahill’s opening goal, Mourinho took it upon himself to replace divots on the pitch in front of his technical area. John is a special guy, with a special desire to recover.

Terry will have a scan on his injury later this week. “We tried to protect ourselves by only training a little bit on it but to my surprise Maccabi trained on it after us, plus there was the warm-up before the game, so the pitch was really bad”.

They played against 10 men for the second half after Tal Ben-Haim was sent off minutes before the break.

But the Chelsea boss was quick to dismiss any notion of him being dissatisfied with Hazard’s efforts in Israel, explaining that he wanted to spare him from fatigue and expose a tiring Maccabi defence to the pace of former Barcelona winger Pedro.

Dynamo Kiev’s 2-0 victory in Porto means Chelsea are now in a strong position in Group G, and a draw against the Portuguese side at Stamford Bridge will be enough to guarantee qualification for the knockout round. “I know if we win we finish first”. He did well to save it, I thought, and it’s come back off the post and I’ve managed to get the rebound. I was disappointed. I react.

The London side were in action in the Champions League when manager Jose Mourinho and Striker Diego Costa exchanged some passionate words whilst leaving the pitch for half time.

“I think, first and foremost, we needed the result for the group to take it into that last game but we need confidence and we need momentum and it gets us going in the right direction”.

“At half-time in the dressing room a few kisses and a few cuddles”.

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho said the result flattered his side.