Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will be out for up to a month with a calf injury, the club have confirmed. The 27-year-old fell in agony after taking a cross unchallenged during the Blues’ 2-1 Champions League defeat at Inter Milan on Wednesday.

A scan has revealed Cech tore a calf muscle, and a Chelsea spokesman said the Czech international is expected to be out “for three to four weeks”.

Portuguese Henrique Hilario is expected to keep for the Blues

Cech will definitely miss his side’s Premier League games at home to Manchester City on Saturday and away to West Ham on 13 March, the FA Cup quarter-final visit of Stoke on 7 March and the second leg of their European tie against Inter at Stamford Bridge nine days later.

It seems likely, too, that manager Carlo Ancelotti will be without his first-choice keeper for the Premier League games at Blackburn (21 March) and Portsmouth (24 March).

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