Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed Fernando Torres will be out for a few weeks after injuring his knee against Manchester United. The striker suffered lateral ligament damage after coming off the bench in the 3-1 Premier League win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Samuel Etoo was preferred to Torres in Mourinhos starting line-up and he justified that selection by scoring a hat-trick against the champions. The Spain internationals absence will leave Mourinho with just Etoo and Demba Ba as his only fit strikers, but the performance of Cameroon international Etoo was a major boost for the Portuguese. The Chelsea boss told Sky Sports: At the moment we lose Fernando for a few weeks, he has a problem with his lateral ligament. For a few weeks now we will have Demba and Samuel and hope they can do the job for us. He added: Of course I love when one of my players becomes a special player in the match. Torres is dangerous in space. United came here to be compact so I picked Etoo for his movement in small spaces.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:55:04 +0000
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