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Lee Wilmot

Chelsea news: Champions League boost, Lampard succeeds where others failed, big injury setback

Chelsea returned to Premier League action with a fine display away at Molineux.

There was plenty to enjoy about the Blues' performance as Tammy Abraham stole the headlines with a superb hat-trick, taking him to the top of the Premier League scoring charts.

There was a negative to come from the match, however, with Lampard suffering an injury setback.

Here we round up all the biggest stories from around Stamford Bridge in the past 24 hours, including all the match action from Molineux.

Champions League boost

Chelsea return to the Champions League this season.

And they play their first match on Tuesday night when they welcome Valencia to Stamford Bridge.

They will take on a Valencia side in all sorts of chaos.

They sacked their manager, hired a new one and then things got even worse on Saturday.

Read all about it here.

Success for Lampard

Frank Lampard is starting to enjoy himself at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues thrashed Wolves 5-2 at Moilneux on Saturday.

And there was something particularly special about the result, and the way the season has gone so far.

Frank Lampard is doing something that so many other Chelsea bosses have failed to do.

Read all about it here.

Injury setback

It should have been a welcome return but it was anything but for Antonio Rudiger.

After months on the sidelines and knee surgery, the German centre-back returned to the first team fold during the game with Wolves.

But he only lasted a half, going off with a groin injury.

But how serious is it?

Well, Lampard's response to questions about him after the game was worrying.

Read what he said here.

Match action

It was a good day for Chelsea after the international break.

You can't sniff at a 5-2 victory away at Wolves, with Tammy Abraham scoring a hat-trick.

It was a fine day at the office for the Blues.

Here's how Oliver Harbord rated the players.

And here's how the match panned out.

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