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Oliver Harbord

Three injury boosts for Chelsea but Frank Lampard still missing two key players ahead of Ajax

Chelsea are looking to continue their decent run of form as they take on Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

A win for the Blues would be a massive step towards them moving into the last 16, having already beaten the Dutch champions 1-0 at the Johan Cruyff ArenA last month.

Having secured their fifth Premier League win in a row at the weekend with victory over Watford, the Blues will be full of confidence and were boosted with three players taking part in training.

Frank Lampard and his coaching staff were putting their players through their paces at Cobham ahead of the Group H clash.

Three players were back with the rest of the squad as N'Golo Kante, Ross Barkley and Andreas Christensen all trained.

However, Antonio Rudiger and Ruben Loftus-Cheek were still missing from training.

Lampard said before the Watford win that Rudiger was set to have more scans on the groin injury that he has been suffering with in recent weeks.

Premier League 2019/20 November fixtures

Meanwhile, Loftus-Cheek is getting closer to a return as he continues to step up his own training, but is not ready just yet.

Billy Gilmour was the only youngster to take part in the first team session as well, with Marc Guehi not involved.

Lampard is set to speak to the press at 1.30pm this afternoon, with Mason Mount joining his boss to speak to the media.

Chelsea also learned today that they would have their FIFA transfer ban appeal heard on November 20 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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