Soccer: John Terry today escaped a lengthy injury lay-off after Chelsea confirmed he suffered "no significant damage" to his knee ligaments in Sunday's Barclays Premier League draw with Liverpool.
The European champions announced captain Terry would be sidelined for “weeks rather than months” following an MRI scan on the injury that forced him off during yesterday’s game at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea posted on their official Twitter feed: “MRI Scans reveal no significant damage to John Terry’s cruciate ligaments. He will be out weeks rather than months.”
The club added in a statement on, www.chelseafc.com: “Today’s MRI scans on John Terry’s right knee thankfully show no significant damage to the cruciate ligaments.
“Chelsea Football Club’s medical team will conduct further tests over the next two or three days once the swelling has subsided to determine how long John
will be out, but it will be a matter of weeks not months.”
Any absence is nevertheless a huge blow for the Blues, with Terry having suffered the injury in his first game back after his domestic four-match racism ban.
The club had struggled badly in defence in his absence, slipping from first to third in the table.
He will almost certainly miss their potentially decisive Champions League Group E game at Juventus, as well as crucial league matches against West Brom and Manchester City.
He could even be a doubt for their Club World Cup trip to Japan early next month.
