John Terry will be out for "approximately three weeks" with a knee injury, according to Chelsea's manager Roberto Di Matteo. His captain escaped serious injury after being carried off on a stretcher during the 1?1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.
Di Matteo said: "With Terry, we're looking at approximately three weeks. Fortunately, it's not as bad as we first thought. It's an MCL [medial cruciate ligament] strain."
"On one hand we are pleased but on the other we are disappointed that he was just back and we lose him again.
"He was looking sharp and it gave the team a lot of confidence so it was unfortunate for us to lose him in his first game back. He is an important player for us and it is a crucial time of the season so that is a shame," added the Italian.
Terry was playing in his first league game since completing a four-match FA ban for racially abusing the Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.
Ashley Cole could return for Chelsea in Saturday's Premier League game at West Bromwich, however. The left-back has missed the last two matches with a hamstring injury but has a chance of being fit for the trip to The Hawthorns.
The game comes too soon for Frank Lampard (calf) and they are also without David Luiz, who has tonsillitis. Di Matteo will also assess those in his squad who played for their countries in midweek.
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