The 24-year-old started on the bench for Chelsea’s1-0 win against Benfica in Champions League on Tuesday night and was sent off in injury time after being brought on as a substitute in the second half.
Pedro has been playing through injury with Enzo Maresca revealing last month that the striker had asked not to play in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw against Brentford.
Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti confirmed this week that Pedro would not be part of Brazil’s squad for their upcoming friendlies against South Korea and Japan during the international break.
‘Joao Pedro has a minor physical problem and is not 100 per cent,’ Ancelotti said.
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‘We prefer that he be able to recover his best level calmly during this international break. So it’s a physical problem.’
Joao Pedro trained on Thursday ahead of Chelsea’s match against Liverpool (Getty)
However, Pedro took part in Chelsea’s training session on Thursday and is expected to feature against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge this weekend.
Maresca, meanwhile, has said he will be without ‘seven or eight’ players for the game against the Premier League champions.
‘Cole [Palmer] is still out,’ Maresca said on Friday. ‘Trevoh [Chalobah] is also suspended], and we have seven or eight players out for tomorrow’s game.
‘I don’t have any update at the moment [on Palmer]. We have a meeting this week to see how he is and we will then decide.’
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