Chelsea face Spurs a week before Russia’s World Cup qualifiers

Upon examining the fixture list, The Spoiler has noticed that Chelsea travel to Tottenham in the league a week before Russia’s World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The last thing Guus Hiddink would want is for Roman Pavlyuchenko to suffer an injury before the crucial double-header so wouldn’t the Dutchman therefore be tempted to ask John Terry not to go in too hard on his star striker?