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Oliver Harbord

One big Chelsea boost but three missing - Who trained and who didn't ahead of Lille

Chelsea will have to quickly put the Everton defeat behind them as they take on Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

It is a huge match for the Blues, with a win meaning their will qualify for the last 16 of the competition, their first big target of the season.

Frank Lampard made no changes to his side for the weekend, and they were back out in training at Cobham ahead of the game.

However, there were a couple of players missing from the session, with Fikayo Tomori and Olivier Giroud not involved.

Tomori was an unused substitute against Everton at the weekend, while Giroud was not even in the squad for the defeat.

Meanwhile, Ruben Loftus-Cheek was not involved as well in the session as he continues to attempt to recover from the injury that has seen him out since May.

However, the midfielder is not expected to be back in action until after the New Year, as his frustrating recovery continues.

Ross Barkley was with the rest of the squad, though, having fully recovered from injury and being part of the team who lost to the Toffees on Saturday.

In another boost for Lampard, Antonio Rudiger trained with the first team as he tries to add to the 45 minutes of action that he has only been able to put together this season.

Pedro was also out there with the rest of the team, however there were no youngsters in the squad, with Billy Gilmour and Marc Guehi expected to be part of the UEFA Youth League match tomorrow at Cobham.

We'll be hearing from Lampard and Kurt Zouma ahead of the Lille game this afternoon (Monday) at 1.30pm.

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