CHELSEA lost captain John Terry with a suspected fractured cheekbone as it looks the least of their worries as Avram Grant's first home game in charge of the ailing club ended in stalemate and controversy. The goalless draw with neighbours Fulham saw Chelsea take their unbeaten home league run to 67 games but it was their fourth successive Premier League game without scoring.

To compound matters, Didier Drogba, playing his first game since injuring his knee against Aston Villa, was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 73rd minute.

England captain Terry meanwhile could miss up to six weeks if the injury is confirmed as a broken cheekbone, meaning he would miss the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia. His absence would also be a massive blow to Grant as he bids to turn Chelsea around.

The Israeli was given a warm welcome by the Chelsea fans as he took his place in the home dugout for the first time. But they turned on billionaire owner Roman Abramovich who was sat in the upper tier of the Shed stand among the fans. As their frustrations boiled over, they could be seen shouting Jose Mourinho's name as the bemused Russian looked on.

Before the game, fans had distributed leaflets demanding the return of Jose Mourinho as coach and revealed plans to stage a protest walkout at half-time, which did not materialise.

Grant's new attacking style was quickly evident with Salomon Kalou setting up Andriy Shevchenko to fire an 18-yard effort over the bar.

But in the third minute there was cause for concern when captain Terry required lengthy treatment after an accidental clash of heads with Fulham's Clinton Dempsey.

Chelsea were quickly on the offensive but Fulham demonstrated they could be a danger on the break when a cross from Alexei Smertin was headed narrowly wide by Dempsey in the 14th minute.

There was plenty of attacking endeavour and desire from Chelsea but little in terms of real threat. Drogba's return provided the midfielders with a focal point but the striker had largely been kept under control by Carlos Bocanegra.

Increasingly frustrated, Chelsea then lost captain Terry with the interval and he was replaced by Brazilian centre-back Alex. But the mass walkout by fans did not appear to happen with the majority of the 41,837 crowd remaining in their seats.

It was clearly not Chelsea's afternoon as Kalou headed a free-kick from Makelele wide of the target in the 68th minute and then Joe Cole sent a shot inches beyond the far post moments later.

Chelsea's problems worsened in the 73rd minute when Drogba was shown the red card for a lunge on Chris Baird. Drogba, who had been yellow-carded for dissent in the first half, was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Paul Konchesky almost stole all three points for Fulham five minutes from time but Cech pulled off a fine save to deny him and Chelsea were booed off by their fans at the end.