Grant facing injury crisis

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Goalkeeper Petr Cech limped out of the Blues' 1-0 win at Blackburn - courtesy of a 22nd-minute strike from Joe Cole - with a side strain, joining captain John Terry and striker Didier Drogba on the sidelines.

"We will know the situation with Petr tomorrow when he goes for scans," confirmed Grant, who also has reserve Carlo Cudicini out for a few days with a rib injury sustained in training.

"We need to wait and see (on Cudicini) because with this type of injury it is a matter of time sometimes."

Referring to Cech, Grant added: "I wanted to take him off, but he told me he wanted five minutes more to see if the injury would improve

"I cannot say it will be easy if we lose Cech. To play for so long with so many injured for a long time, I don't like it.

"But I cannot do anything about it. It's fact, and we need to get through it as soon as possible like we have done in the last three months."

If Cech and Cudicini are sidelined for the Boxing Day clash with Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, Hilario will take over in goal as he did for the closing 30 minutes at Ewood Park.

"It was difficult for Hilario to come into a game like this, but he did very well, and in the end he made a very good save," added Grant.

"Overall, I'm very happy. I cannot say we played one of our better games, but I was happy with the fighting spirit. It was important to take the three points, especially after all our rivals won this weekend."