Alvaro Morata limped off the in the 1-0 defeat against Man City on Saturday
The 24-year-old was seen limping three days earlier following the victory at Atletico Madrid, but coach Antonio Conte admitted he had to “risk” playing the forward against Pep Guardiola’s side.
Morata has told close friends that he expects to be sidelined for a few days before resuming training next week.
Morata aggravated the problem during the first half of Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday and asked to be substituted.
Spain confirmed late last on Sunday that the injury was serious enough to rule out Chelsea’s top scorer from their World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Israel on October 6 and October 9 respectively.
But should the former Juventus star return to training next week as expected, it will give him plenty of time to prepare for the trip to Selhurst Park.
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