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Terry to miss City clash

ESPN staff
March 20, 2012
John Terry prepares to take a throw-in © Getty Images
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Roberto Di Matteo has confirmed Chelsea captain John Terry will miss the Blues' trip to Manchester City on Wednesday.

Terry underwent surgery in February after suffering a knee injury and despite being initially ruled out for six weeks, the defender made a swift recovery.

However, he limped out of the Blues' Champions League win over Napoli last week and subsequently missed the FA Cup quarter-final win over Leicester City on Sunday.

While Terry will not be in the squad at Eastlands, Di Matteo remains hopeful his skipper will be fit for Saturday's clash against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

"We almost have a fully fit squad for the City game, only [Oriol] Romeu and Terry are out, Terry should be back for Spurs match on Saturday," Di Matteo said.

"It's still a bit too early for John Terry. He did very well to come back in such a short time and we were lucky. He should be fine for the weekend."

Chelsea are currently fifth in the Premier League, trailing fourth-placed Arsenal by three points.

Elsewhere, Chelsea goalkeeper Hilario, 36, has signed a one-year contract extension.

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