Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois hopes to be back in action from a knee injury by December, but the Blues are expected to be without defender Branislav Ivanovic when Barclays Premier League action resumes.
Belgium international Courtois needed surgery following damage to ligaments in his right knee suffered in training last month.
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