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Thibaut Courtois expects to be back on the football field 'soon' after suffering a knock to the head in Sunday’s win over Arsenal.
The Chelsea goalkeeper was involved in a first-half clash with Arsene Wenger’s summer signing Alexis Sanchez and began bleeding from his ear moments later.
Paramedics rushed to be by the side of the Blues no 1 after Petr Cech was thrown on in his place inside 25 minutes.
Courtois was taken to hospital as a precaution, and took to social media to reveal he is resting ahead of a speedy return to Premier League action.
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The 22-year-old tweeted: "Thanks for all the messages! I'm already feeling better. Now I'm resting to be recovered and back on the pitch soon. Great victory yesterday."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Thanks for all the messages! I'm already feeling better. Now I'm resting to be recovered and back on the pitch soon. Great victory yesterday— Thibaut Courtois (@thibautcourtois) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/thibautcourtois/status/519098817346805760" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-167611-https://twitter.com/thibautcourtois/status/519098817346805760" data-vars-event-id="c23">October 6, 2014</a>
In Courtois' absence, Chelsea re-established a five-point gap at the top of the table with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal.
Eden Hazard and Diego Costa kept up the Blues unbeaten start to the new season.
