Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has confirmed that left-back Emerson will not be back in action until at least mid-October following the thigh injury he picked up against Liverpool on Sunday.
The Blues were beaten 2-1 at Stamford Bridge by the European champions, but performed well for long spells of the game. Their efforts were made all the more impressive given two players went off before half time, with Emerson and Andreas Christensen both hobbling out of the encounter.
While Lampard had relatively positive news on the latter ahead of the team's League Cup clash with Grimsby Town on Wednesday, he noted the former is set to be sidelined for a longer spell, per the Chelsea website:
"Andreas is not too severe.