Carlo Cudicini has declared that he hopes to be in full working order again by the weekend as he recovers from the head injury he suffered at Reading.

 

Though both Cudicini and Petr Cech were rendered unconscious by challenges during Saturday's game, it was the Italian who suffered the lighter damage despite, like Cech, initially being taken to hospital.

 

Cudicini was discharged late on Saturday evening and was well enough to attend Chelsea's training HQ at Cobham on Monday where he spoke to Chelsea TV.

 

'I have just a little bit of a headache but apart from that I'm okay,' he said, although he revealed that the collision with Reading's Ibrahima Sonko has left him with little recall of the moment.

 

'I remember a sequence of corners and then after that, I just remember being in the ambulance and talking to the doctor. I think that is quite usual after a knock like that.

 

'Now everything is fine and the scan is okay so it is just a matter of letting two or three days pass and then to start again doing my usual work.

 

'Now for a couple of days I am doing some tests with the doctors and keeping an eye on the situation. Hopefully on Wednesday I begin again to train and hopefully for Saturday I will be okay.'

 

Cudicini's concerned parents travelled over from Italy on Sunday morning to see him and the player has received plenty of other support.

 

'I've had a lot of messages from here and from Italy and I use this occasion to thank everybody for concern about my situation.'

 

'I have been a bit lucky, looking what has happened to Petr. It is quite awful what has happened to him and I wish him to recover as soon as he can.

 

Tomorrow I will probably go to the hospital to have a good chat with him.

 

'It is quite strange what happened to two goalkeepers in one game. It is probably something that is going to be written in the record books.'