Chelsea face injury crisis with Kante, Hudson-Odoi and Pulisic out of crucial Tottenham clash
CHELSEA are facing an injury crisis ahead of their match with Tottenham on Saturday.
N'Golo Kante added his name to the long list of absentees when he limped out of the Blues' 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge last night.
The Frenchman was replaced by whizkid Mason Mount in the 12th minute of the showdown between the top-four rivals.
After the game, Lampard bemoaned the amount of goals his side score.
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So news Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Tammy Abraham will miss the key London derby will come as a blow.
Lampard said: "N’Golo after what happened tonight is probably a no for Saturday.
"It’s an abductor injury and we will have to assess him but it doesn’t look good at first glance.
"Callum [Hudson-Odoi] is a no, [Christian] Pulisic is a no."
Although seemingly unlikely, Lampard gave Blues fans a glimmer of hope by describing Abraham as a "maybe" for Spurs.
But Andreas Christensen is also a concern having broken his nose against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men.
It is yet to be seen if the Dane will be fit for Saturday's lunch time kick-off.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek is edging closer to a return from his long-term achilles injury but it is said to be weeks rather than days before he is ready for the first-team.
Spurs sit just one point behind their fourth place hosts in the Premier League and Lampard tried to motivate his depleted squad ahead of the match.
He said: "We're in fourth place by one point, so the season starts here and we need to fight to get fourth place.
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"We're fourth and it's still in our hands.
"I don't think many people would have put us in fourth place at this point in the season, so the fight starts now."
Chelsea also host Bayern Munich in the Champions League next Tuesday night in a crucial three days for the club.
