Terry injured as Blues draw a blank

The goalless draw with neighbours Fulham saw Chelsea take their unbeaten home league run to 67 games but it was their fourth successive Premier League game without scoring.

To compound matters for Chelsea, Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, playing his first game since injuring his knee against Aston Villa in early September, was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 73rd minute.

England captain Terry could miss up to six weeks, meaning he would miss the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia. His absence would also be a massive blow to Grant as he bids to turn Chelsea's fortunes around.

The Israeli was given a warm welcome by the Chelsea fans as he took his place in the home dugout for the first time. But they turned on billionaire owner Roman Abramovich who was sat in the upper tier of the Shed stand among the fans. As their frustrations boiled over, they could be seen shouting Jose Mourinho's name in his face as the bemused Russian looked on.

Grant's attacking style was quickly evident with Salomon Kalou setting up Andriy Shevchenko to fire an 18-yard effort over the bar. But in the third minute there was cause for concern when captain Terry required lengthy treatment after an accidental clash of heads with Fulham's Clinton Dempsey.

In the 19th minute, Claude Makelele set-up Andriy Shevchenko on the edge of the penalty area but again the Ukraine striker's effort posed little threat to Fulham keeper Kasey Keller, who collected the ball with ease. There was plenty of attacking endeavour and desire from Chelsea but little in terms of real threat.

Moments later a low cross from Joe Cole eluded the Fulham defence and Drogba at the far post as Chelsea increased the pressure on the visitors. Drogba felt he had been fouled as he went for the ball and was booked by referee Martin Atkinson as a result of his protests.

Chelsea lost captain Terry with at the interval and he was replaced by Brazilian centre-back Alex. Chelsea almost started the second half with a goal when Joe Cole's cross was met by Kalou on the edge of the six-yard box. But the former Feyenoord striker's shot was superbly saved by Keller who pushed the ball on to the post.

It was clearly not Chelsea's afternoon and Chelsea's day worsened in the 73rd minute when Drogba was shown the red card for a high lunge on Chris Baird. Paul Konchesky almost stole all three points for Fulham five minutes from time but Cech pulled off a fine save to deny him and Chelsea were booed off by their fans at the end.