GARY CAHILL and John Terry visited Ryan Mason in hospital after he was given emergency surgery for a fractured skull.
Mason and Cahill clashed heads in the 12th minute of the Stamford Bridge match, where Mason was given oxygen and a neck brace before being taken off on a stretcher.
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Mason was then taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington where he was assessed and taken into theatre.
The Chelsea trio, including assistant manager Steve Holland, could not see Mason himself, but spent time chatting to the 25-year-old’s parents as they waited for surgery to be completed on Sunday night.
This morning, Hull doctors and team captain Michael Dawson made a show of support by popping into the ward.
A Tigers doctor said: “He’s good. He was delighted to see us.
“Marco Silva the manager went back to Hull last night but all the medical staff stayed down.
“The team captain Michael Dawson, the club secretary, the physio and his dad were here today.”
Despite the heavy-looking clash, Cahill played the full 90 minutes and even netted against Hull as Antonio Conte’s side maintained their advantage at the top of the table.
Chelsea are a club well drilled in concussions. In 2014 Thibaut Courtois suffered a head collision after a clash with Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez.
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Meanwhile former Hull boss Mike Phelan backed Mason to return to full fitness.
The ex-Manchester United assistant compared the head blow to that of rugby players, who return to fitness despite ongoing controversy in rugby union about concussions.
Phelan told talkSPORT: “In this day and age the medical side of things is massively improved.
“I think it is a confidence thing when you have had a bang on the head, but other players have taken knocks [and come back].
“You see in rugby, they take knocks regularly to the head and they carry on. It will be a character test but, first and foremost, he recovers and recovers well and takes as long as he needs to recover.
“Don’t rush, do as you’re told from the medical side, and there is no reason why he shouldn’t be able to play again.”