Chelsea bounced back from their disappointing defeat to rivals West Ham Utd with victory over Watford at the weekend, as they still hold a slender two-point lead over Manchester United in the ongoing battle for Champions League qualification.
But when the Blues travel to Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening, Frank Lampard will be without influential midfielder N’Golo Kante as Sky Sports report that he’s been ruled out due to a hamstring injury.
It’s added that the 29-year-old sustained the problem during the win at the weekend.
The French international was forced off in the latter stages, and subsequent scans have led to the decision that he can’t feature against Palace while Sky Sports suggest that he’ll be a doubt to face Sheffield United on Saturday too.
Given Kante’s energy, work-rate and influence in midfield on and off the ball, it will be a big loss for Chelsea who can’t risk dropping points between now and the end of the season as it could be crucial in the race for a top-four finish.
It has been a difficult season for the World Cup-winner though as he has been bothered by injury issues regularly as he has already missed nine Premier League games and is seemingly set to sit out again this week.
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Lampard does have options in that department with either Jorginho or Billy Gilmour.
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