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Oliver Harbord

'Never been so happy' Chelsea fans thrilled to see key man return - and it's not N'Golo Kante

Chelsea are back in Premier League action tonight and Frank Lampard is able to welcome back Tammy Abraham to lead the line against Aston Villa.

The 22-year-old suffered what looked like a serious injury when he was stretchered off the pitch against Valencia in the Champions League just a week ago.

However, the Blues's top scorer only had to miss the West Ham defeat on Saturday before making the starting XI once again to face his former loan side.

Abraham was with Villa last season and scored an impressive 26 Championship goals to guide the club back into the Premier League through the play-offs.

With ten league goals to his name for the campaign so far, Abraham has been in excellent form and they certainly missed him in the loss to West Ham.

But now he is back to lead the line for the Blues, and Chelsea fans are delighted about it.

Lampard has made five changes to the side who lost to the Hammers, with Willian starting on the right wing.

Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christensen come into the defence, while N'Golo Kante returns to the starting line up in place of Jorginho who is on the bench.

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