Chelsea are hopeful that Liam Delap will have recovered in four weeks from his shoulder injury, which is not as bad as first feared.

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The striker had to be substituted 31 minutes into Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Bournemouth after Cherries defender Marcos Senesi landed awkwardly on Delap.

It left him holding his shoulder in pain as he walked off the pitch and down the tunnel to be replaced by Marc Guiu.

Manager Enzo Maresca said immediately after the game that it looked “quite bad

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