Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed Fernando
Torres will be out for "a few weeks" after injuring his knee against
Manchester United.
The striker suffered lateral ligament damage after coming
off the bench in the 3-1 Premier League win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Samuel Eto'o was preferred to Torres in Mourinho's
starting line-up, and he justified that selection by scoring a hat-trick
against the champions.
The Spain international's absence will leave Mourinho
with just Eto'o and Demba Ba as his only fit strikers, but the performance of
Cameroon international Eto'o was a major boost for the Portuguese.
The Chelsea boss told Sky Sports: "At the moment we
lose Fernando for a few weeks, he has a problem with his lateral ligament. For
a few weeks now we will have Demba and Samuel and hope they can do the job for
us."
He added: "Of course I love when one of my players
(Eto'o) becomes a special player in the match.
"Torres is dangerous in space. United came here to
be compact so I picked Eto'o for his movement in small spaces."
It was another memorable afternoon for Mourinho, who
achieved the landmark of winning 100 Premier League games quicker than any
other manager.
Eto'o scored twice in the first half and completed his
hat-trick just after the break to heap more misery on United, who pulled a late
goal back courtesy of Javier Hernandez before captain Nemanja Vidic was sent
off for a challenge on Eden Hazard.
The former Real Madrid coach expressed his pride at
bringing up a century of top-flight wins in only 142 games, but securing three
more precious points in the race for the title gave him greater satisfaction as
Chelsea cut the gap to leaders Arsenal to only two points.
He added: "More important than anything is the three
points. Of course it's nice (100 Premier League wins), it's obviously one more
fantastic thing for my career, but most important is to win a difficult match.
"It was too hard for them to be losing 2-0 at
half-time, because they started stronger and better than us. Second half we
started stronger and were better for long periods.
"Overall we deserve the three points and they are
three important points, because it opens a gap between us and Manchester United
and Liverpool. We also close the gap on Arsenal and (Manchester) City."
Culled from Soccerway
