Cahill: Chelsea Can Cope  (Sky Sports)

Central defender Gary Cahill in confident Chelsea can cope without injured captain John Terry.

Cahill partnered Branislav Ivanovic at the heart of Chelsea's defence in their 2-1 defeat by Paris St Germain on Tuesday, and the England defender believes they can rediscover a partnership they formed three seasons ago.

Terry missed the Paris match with the hamstring injury which threatens to rule him out of Sunday's FA Cup fifth-round tie against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

Interim manager Guus Hiddink will give his captain every chance to prove his fitness but, with fellow-centre back Kurt Zouma already out for the season with a knee injury, he could again turn to Cahill and regular right-back Ivanovic.

"I played with Iva in the Premier League and in the 2013 Europa League final and was successful, so I don't see it being a problem if John's not available," said Cahill.

"Ideally we would have everyone available, all our strongest players. Let's see with John. But I've played with Iva in big games before, so I don't see it being a problem."

Meanwhile, midfielder John Obi Mikel says Chelsea were unlucky not to come away from Paris with at least a draw after he cancelled out Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 39th-minute free kick on the stroke of half-time.

Edinson Cavani earned the home side victory with a well-taken goal 12 minutes from time but Mikel is confident Chelsea can turn it around in the return at Stamford Bridge at March 9.

"I think it's going to prove a big goal," Mikel told Chelsea TV. "Hopefully the goal that puts us through in the tie. If we can get 1-0 back home, we're through. I think we're still alive.

"I think we deserved more, we deserved to get a draw or win the game. We came out here to play football and I think we've done that. I think we put in a very good performance.

"We defended when we had to and played when we had to. It was a very difficult game, but one we really did well in. We had Iva to play centre-back and Gaz [Cahill], who has not been playing for a while, and they did fantastically well."