Diego Costa likely to be sidelined for two weeks after Chelsea ace lasts 10 minutes against Stoke due to hamstring injury
- Chelsea star Diego Costa looks set to miss his side's next two games
- Costa was forced off through injury shortly after coming on at the interval
- Jose Mourinho has revealed Costa is likely to be out for 'a couple of weeks'
- Chelsea face QPR and Manchester United in next two league matches
- Click here to read Sami Mokbel's match report from Stamford Bridge
Diego
Costa looks set to be sidelined for at least two weeks after sustaining
another hamstring injury during Chelsea's 2-1 win over Stoke City.
The
Spain international is likely to miss Chelsea's upcoming Barclays
Premier League matches against west London rivals Queens Park Rangers
and Manchester United.
Jose
Mourinho threw Costa on at half-time after going into the interval at
1-1 following Charlie Adam's outstanding 66-yard equaliser to cancel out
Eden Hazard's opener.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa limped off with a hamstring injury shortly after coming on at the interval
Blues striker Costa looks despondent as he sits on the turf following another injury to his hamstring
However Costa, who replaced Blues team-mate Oscar, lasted just over 10 minutes as he pulled up with a hamstring injury.
Mourinho's
gamble did not prove to be too costly as Loic Remy netted his side's
winning goal just five minutes after Costa limped off the Stamford
Bridge pitch.
The
Portuguese tactician, speaking to Sky Sports after his side's win,
said: 'In football we have to take risks and as a manager if we have a
tough result then I have to make decisions such as bring Costa on in the
game.
Costa looks in pain after pulling up at Stamford Bridge during Chelsea's 2-1 win over Stoke City
'All
the scans they did two days ago said the muscle was clean, the image
was clean and he trained 100 per cent for two days. He did more in those
training sessions then he did in the game, he took lots of shots.
'If
we were 2-0 or 3-0 up we planned not to use him until next week but we
had to take that risk. He looks to be out for a couple of weeks minimum
but I'm glad we got the points.'
Chelsea are currently seven points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand over second-placed Arsenal.
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