After their win against their arch rivals,Chelsea received mighty blows one after the other.First it was the defender Jose Bosingwa who has been out since mid October has confirmed that he wont be there for the team for nearly three months. This was stated after he under went an arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Meanwhile Ashley Cole who had initially picked up an injury against Athletico Madrid home match had aggravated it by playing on Manchester United and might be out for weeks. He had developed a depressed fracture of the tibia and has not made it to the England's squad for a friendly encounter against Brazil. The major blow for Chelsea was the midfielder Frank Lampard who was injured while on England's duty preparing for a friendly encounter against Brazil. He suffered a muscle tear on his left thigh and will be out for three weeks missing the match against Arsenal on Nov29th.

