Antonio Rudiger: Injured Chelsea defender to miss end of season

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Antonio Rudiger receiving treatment on the pitch at Manchester United on Sunday
Antonio Rudiger had to go off in the 65th minute at Old Trafford on Sunday

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger will miss the end of the season because of a knee injury.

The 26-year-old Germany centre-back limped out of the 1-1 Premier League draw at Manchester United on Sunday.

The Blues confirmed that Rudiger had "successful" surgery on his left knee meniscus on Tuesday.

Andreas Christensen is expected to fill in for Rudiger, who arrived in a £29m deal in July 2017 and has made 44 appearances for the Blues this season.

Chelsea are in the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot, two points ahead of Arsenal.

However, the London rivals are also in separate Europa League semi-finals, with an additional Champions League spot on offer for the tournament's winner.

Chelsea go to Eintracht Frankfurt for the first leg of their European semi-final on Thursday, with matches against Watford and Leicester remaining in their league campaign.

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  • Comment posted by rayp, at 18:42 30 Apr 2019

    Bad news, best defender Chelsea have had this season, be good to give Gary Cahill a run out soon as we might need him, he would not let us down.

  • Comment posted by Plain Speaking, at 21:47 30 Apr 2019

    BBC can you fix this HYS? Sorting of comments is broken.

  • Comment posted by Coolverine, at 16:47 30 Apr 2019

    Big miss.

  • Comment posted by Finchy, at 19:28 30 Apr 2019

    Disgusting tactics by the MU on Sunday. Clearly trying to cripple a top 4 team in the pathetic hope of trying to finish in the top 4 themselves. The FA should look at some of the fouls by MU in that last game and charge them. If the police reviewed the footage, half of the MU team would be on a GBH charge.

  • Comment posted by Denis Smith, at 17:49 30 Apr 2019

    What an odd subject to have an HYS

  • Comment posted by Plain Speaking, at 17:00 30 Apr 2019

    No HYS topic on the BBC but I see that Bamford has been rightlyrcharged with deceiving a match official for his antics Leeds v Villa.

    Morrison should be facing the same charges for his multiple rolls getting the Arsenal defender sent off when there was no contact. If there is more retrospective punishment it will help eliminate such deception.

  • Comment posted by chelsea38, at 20:44 30 Apr 2019

    29 glen trolling again,go out get a life,instead of being on here 24.7

  • Comment posted by iconoclast, at 19:32 30 Apr 2019

    Rudiger has certainly been pretty solid in central defence, he'll be missed for sure, hopefully Christiansen can step up.

    @22. No problem, people have been writing Chelsea off for years, hasn't happened yet.

  • Comment posted by noodles, at 18:30 30 Apr 2019

    Why Rudiger and not Jorginho?

  • Comment posted by Digger, at 18:15 30 Apr 2019

    Shame for Chelsea, he's a cracking defender, it's odd he wasn't mentioned a lot in the team of the year debates as when I've watched him he's been a rock. He'll be missed if they get to the EL final. All the best to him, he deserved to play in a European final if they get there (can't see them not)

  • Comment posted by Flecky, at 18:08 30 Apr 2019

    rudi has been our best defender this year. we will miss him

  • Comment posted by paul hirst, at 17:32 30 Apr 2019

    In last few weeks we've seen why Rudiger is a German national first eleven player. He's been one of Chelsea's better performers in recent weeks and his injury couldn't have come at a worse time as their still pushing for top four.

  • Comment posted by oliver , at 19:47 30 Apr 2019

    our best centre half as well

  • Comment posted by Finchy, at 19:16 30 Apr 2019

    14. Posted by Mandy
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    1 hour ago

    What an odd subject to have an HYS

    Yeh, the usual HYS's are : What OGS had for breakfast, When Pogba last went to the toilet, Why DeGea had to take his cat to the vet, Sanchez bought a new Lamborghini ……. and any other rubbish about Man Utd

  • Comment posted by papa ninja, at 18:31 30 Apr 2019

    He has been a great defender this season and a epic purchase at 27m, however we have two Amazing guys who can cover and see us through.

  • Comment posted by The Citizen, at 17:53 30 Apr 2019

    Chelsea are a top four side, not a mid-table club.

  • Comment posted by BlueIsTheColour, at 17:47 30 Apr 2019

    Big loss as Toni has a big heart and is a real leader on the pitch. Speedy recovery.

  • Comment posted by vs19, at 17:41 30 Apr 2019

    Thought it looked bad against Liverpool. Maybe bought him back to early.

  • Comment posted by dixon the destroyer, at 16:59 30 Apr 2019

    He will be missed, however, CFC have cover but will miss his physicality. I think most CFC fans would like to play Arsenal in the final ' post 3', we have seen your defending recently...awol !!

  • Comment posted by mbnufc90, at 21:45 30 Apr 2019

    Get well soon

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