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Fernando Torres will miss Chelsea's next two games, Jose Mourinho confirmed today.

The £50million striker was the significant absence from today's training session at Cobham ahead of the Blues' Champions League clash with Schalke.

The Mirror revealed that Torres had limped out of training yesterday and Mourinho reported his thigh muscle problem was more serious than hoped.

Mourinho, who also reported Ryan Bertrand has been ruled out for Wednesday's game, said: ''Fernando is out. Bertrand is injured, just today in training, so I cannot say how bad but he is out of selection too.

''Fernando has a muscular injury. We don't know the dimension but we await the scans tomorrow. But for tomorrow he is out and out for the weekend too.

''After that comes an international break. Let's see if he can recover after that.''

That means a chance for Samuel Eto'o and Demba Ba, with Mourinho adding: ''Samuel and Demba want to play and they are waiting for opportunities to play.

''So when they have that chance, and they know they are going to have it in this game and the next game against West Brom, they know it's in their hands, the job to play up front.

''I think it has to be a good motivation for them. Hopefully they can express on the pitch the way they work during the week.''

Mourinho, who did not try to hide his anger after Saturday's defeat at Newcastle , remains unabated and is set to ring the changes.

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Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, David Luiz and Juan Mata are among those at risk, although Mourinho insisted: ''I said I made 11 mistakes - and of course I was exaggerating.

''It was a way of speaking because we have some players who had a very good and very normal performances.

''So it's not about changing 11, and I don't want you to see the changes I make tomorrow as somebody paying for the defeat against Newcastle. That's not the case.

''It's simply that I read the game and I read it once, twice, three times, and you try to analyse the way people perform.

''After that, you have to go in the direction of the Schalke game, see the characteristics of the opponents, try to make the changes.

''It is not not to punish people - completely far from that. We just want to try and get the people just to win the game...

''But I had lots of time to watch the game, to reflect on the game, and I don't change my opinion. We did not have the ambition or determination we want to have.''

England defender Gary Cahill, set to return to the starting side, added: ''I wouldn't say the wheels fell off.

''We had three fantastic results against massive teams prior to the Newcastle result. It was a dip.

''The expectation level at Chelsea makes you believe the wheels have fallen off, but far from it. We had a result that didn't go our way, but we're looking to bounce back.''