John Terry has confirmed that he will have a scan on Tuesday morning to determine the severity of the ankle injury that threatens to rule him out of Chelsea's Premier League clash with Liverpool.
Terry, 35, rolled his ankle in the final minute of Sunday's 2-2 draw with Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium and collapsed to the ground in agony at the final whistle.
"Ice machine on watching MNF [Monday Night football]," Terry wrote alongside an Instagram picture showing his strapped up ankle in front of a screen showing Everton's 3-0 win over Sunderland on Monday night. "Having an MRI Scan in the morning to find out the extent of my injury."
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After the Swansea match Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte admitted he did not yet know how serious Terry's injury was and that his captain would be assessed, adding: "He is a warrior. I'm not worried."
Terry posted a video on Instagram later that night showing a member of Chelsea's medical staff working to reduce the swelling around his ankle, which is thought to be the cause of the delay in the scan.
Some late night work trying to get the swelling down❄️
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Chelsea host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Friday and should Terry not recover in time to play, deadline day signing David Luiz is in line to make his first appearance since returning to the club from Paris Saint-Germain.
More positive news for Conte is that sources told ESPN FC on Monday that the Football Association will not punish Gary Cahill for the defender's postmatch tweets and comments about referee Andre Marriner.
Cahill was left incensed by Marriner's failure to penalise Leroy Fer for a foul in the buildup to Swansea's second goal, tweeting a gif of the incident -- later deleted from his account -- and telling BBC Sport that the infringement could be seen from the moon.