Chelsea had suffered a set-back some minutes before the goal when Kurt Zouma jumped and landed on his right leg with his fully body weight passing through his knee.
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Chelsea loanee Alexandre Pato is close to full fitness, despite being overlooked for the Premier League draw against Manchester United.
“Scan today has shown I injured my ACL”.
Mata won the 2012 Champions League with Chelsea, and received heartfelt applause at Stamford Bridge.
“There’s an incredible stat that Manchester United have had a youth product in their first team squad – for league games at least – in every game for almost 80 years”.
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Cahill, the England vice-captain, will welcome the opportunity to return to the starting line-up, even if the circumstances are unfortunate for a team-mate.
The injury came just as Chelsea, whose hopes of retaining their domestic title are effectively over after a poor campaign, prepare to play Paris St Germain next week in the last 16 of the Champions League.
“But I want to highlight the team’s image”.
Diego Costa scored an injury-time equaliser against Manchester United to continue Guus Hiddink’s unbeaten run since he was name temporary coach of Chelsea.
Midfielder Nemanja Matic praised the recent impact of Costa, who has seven goals in nine games.
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Chelsea felt that they should have been awarded a first-half penalty when John Terry’s shot struck Daley Blind’s elbow, but replays showed that the Dutch defender’s arm had been clamped to his chest. “The last two months have been very hard for my wife, my kids, my grandchildren and my friends”, he said. “I’ve said before he’s probably been the best goalkeeper in the world in the last few seasons and, again, he made some important saves to keep it at 1-0 for a long time”.
