Asmir Begovic is set to make his first Premier League start of the season this afternoon, as Thibaut Courtois has reportedly not travelled to Manchester after suffering an ankle injury in training.
Conte confirmed to Sky Sports in his pre-match interview that Courtois was out with an ankle injury, saying: "During the week he had an injury in his ankle and he didn't recover for this game".
United manager Jose Mourinho made four changes from the team which drew 1-1 with Anderlecht in the Europa League on Thursday.
Begovic has made just six appearances for Chelsea in all competitions this season and came close to signing for Bournemouth in January, only for Conte to block the transfer when the Blues failed to acquire a replacement.
Asked if the problem was caused by playing basketball, Conte said: "I think it's not important to understand the way he had this injury".
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The latter captained the side with Wayne Rooney again absent from the squad, along with forward Anthony Martial.
"I hope [he misses] only this game".
MARCOS ALONSO has limped off during the warm up before Chelsea's clash with Man United at Old Trafford.
'It's not important how he got injured, the bad news is that Courtois got injured.
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