Daniel Sturridge has failed in his bid to recover from injury in time for this weekend’s derby against Arsenal.
The Chelsea forward was hoping to overcome a hamstring problem ahead of the visit to the Emirates Stadium but has been ruled out of the game.
But boss Roberto Di Matteo confirmed that Frank Lampard has shaken off an ankle knock and is available to face the Gunners.
And Di Matteo shrugged off the controversy surrounding John Terry, insisting the Blues skipper is available for Saturday’s match and that the Premier League leaders are in good spirits.
“The spirit in the camp is good – we’re in good shape and form,” he said.
“We’re confident and we don’t care too much about how the outside world sees us. We have to focus on our strength. That’s the way we operate.”
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Chelsea will win 3-1, pls rdm don't start betrand or lampard, play the team you played againnst stoke with the exception of torres, start moses instead and bring torres in by 75th minute
Up Bluez! This our day. Mr JT o the best. You have played in difficult situations in life. This is just a s m a l l m a t t e r!
Am a city fan,draw at emirate wil b jus fine,but if there wil a win,arsenal is D̶̲̥̅̊ favourite
Pls Rdm, start Torres.i believe he will deliever 2dy.chelsea will win 2-0.
i bliv d blues go 4 victory. All hail d blueeeeeeeeeez
RDM pls du wel 2 rest tores, lampard n terry play me dos my b oyz n put gunners 2 trouble i bliv bluez
Chelsea fc was expecting Arsenal in order to silence them.... this after noon Arsenal fans need to sit near a bottle of water to quench their thirst that will be caused by the strength Chelsea will put, Chelsea Will win with Clear margin....RDM.....PLZ Torres need to start and Play 90 min of this game.
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I hop dimateo wel start mose and marin today and bench torres
u said usual five..hahahhah apart frm last season..wen was d last time arsenal defeated chelsea wit up 2 five goals....emirate stadium is never a problem for cfc 2 distroy...cfc 4-1 arsenal..dats it
Arsenal fans stop makin noise here is 3-0 for u today, i wish u come and make the same noise here after the match