Diego Costa Suffers Broken Nose

Chelsea striker Diego Costa suffered a broken nose while challenging for a header with an academy player who was brought in to train with the first team but remains in contention to face Newcastle on Saturday.

Manager Guus Hiddink “It was not a tough duel but he put the nose into the back of the head and he was very unlucky. He will return today because they put on a mask. So we are a Zorro team, with lots of masks. He will do some light training in the afternoon so we can see how he is with the mask. It was a small incident. I think he will be available”,.

Chelsea will be without defender Kurt Zouma, who was ruled out for six months after damaging knee ligaments against Manchester United on Sunday. Hiddink also suggested that new signing Matt Miazga may be fast-tracked into first-team action following the injury to Zouma. Miazga, who only recently signed from New York Red Bulls, is one of a number of options at centre-back which include Branislav Ivanovic and academy player Jake Clarke-Salter. 

Hiddink refused to rule out the possibility of Chelsea offering club captain John Terry a new contract, in light of Zouma's injury saying “we always told you the door was open”.