Chelsea’s Petr Cech Injured

December 24, 2007

After a triumphant 1-0 Chelsea win against Blackburn, Petr Cech waits for the result of his medical scan on the hip injury he acquired last Sunday. During the second half of the game, Cech went down after a crash with Blackburn forward Roque Sta Cruz. Chelsea ought to find out on Monday if goalkeeper will be joining the team’s absentee list.

Manager Avram Grant is nervous about the result that he is yet to know. With so many people injured in his team, it will certainly be a big blow. Cudicini is also injured and will be taking a few more days off before he gets back into the line-up. The team won’t be having a capable goalkeeper during the Aston Villa Game.

Cech presently holds a Czech professional league record of not yielding a goal in 855 viable minutes, an English Premiership record of not yielding a goal in 1,025 minutes, and the most clean sheets done in a single Premier League season set for the duration of Chelsea’s 2004–05 title-winning campaign. Having gone 928 minutes undefeated in all matches in 2001–2002, he likewise has a club record at Sparta Praha, when his undefeated run in Czech league competition was united with his feats in the UEFA Champions League.

Manchester United and Arsenal has won their games this weekend, so Chelsea has to keep up with no losses. They just have started to be lucky enough in closing gaps with the leading teams. As for Blackburn, the defeat has been their fourth in successive games.

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