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Cesar Azpilicueta - Should be option Tuesday Azpilicueta (groin) trained Sunday and will be an option Tuesday against Lille if he doesn't have a setback, according to manager Thomas Tuchel.

Impact It's a positive update on Azpilicueta, who missed Saturday's win against Crystal Palace. Chelsea are thin on the wing with Callum Hudson-Odoi also dealing with an issue, so if Azpilicueta can go, he'll likely be in the XI in a favorable spot against Lille.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Callum Hudson-Odoi - Picks up minor Achilles issue Hudson-Odoi picked up an Achilles injury during Saturday's win over Crystal Palace, according to manager Thomas Tuchel.

Impact Hudson-Odoi is hopeful to return for Tuesday's clash with Lille indicating that it's likely a very minor Achilles issue. It's uncertain if Hudson-Odoi would have been a starter even if fully fit Tuesday. If he cannot return against Lille, a Sunday trip to Leicester would be a likely return target.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Cesar Azpilicueta - Suffers groin injury Azpilicueta suffered a groin injury, Nizaar Kinsella of Goal.com report.

Impact Azpilicueta is dealing with a groin injury, though manager Thomas Tuchel hopes he will be back for a Tuesday clash with Lille. The defender would be a big miss if he can't go Tuesday with Reece James also out of team training. Trevoh Chabolah could get more consistent playing time if Azpilicueta misses Tuesday's clash.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Champions League matchups as Chelsea resumes title defense

Chelsea's Champions League title defense resumes at the start of the knockout phase against a Lille side that has slumped from French champions to midtable this season

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hakim Ziyech: Result more important than performance ' Premier League

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • YOUTUBE

Crystal Palace v. Chelsea ' PREMIER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS ' 2/19/2022

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • YOUTUBE

Hakim Ziyech finds last-gasp winner v. Crystal Palace ' Premier League

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • YOUTUBE

Ziyech scores 89th-minute winner for Chelsea at Palace

Hakim Ziyech volleyed in an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on its return to Premier League action after triumphing at the Club World Cup

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thiago Silva - Leader in multiple defensive stats Silva blocked a shot, made two interceptions, a tackle and four clearances during Saturday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Impact Silva helped Chelsea keep a clean sheet as a member of the team's back three on Saturday. The centerback finished with team-high totals in blocks, interceptions and clearances in the win.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Antonio Rudiger - Keeps clean sheet on Saturday Rudiger took one shot (on goal) and made two clearances during Saturday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Impact Rudiger helped Chelsea keep a clean sheet as a member of the team's back three on Saturday. The centerback finished with the third highest amount of shots and clearances on the team in the win.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Edouard Mendy - No saves needed Mendy kept a clean sheet without making a save during Saturday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Impact Mendy helped Chelsea claim all three points by shutting out Palace on Saturday. The clean sheet was the ninth in 21 league starts for the keeper while his save total remained at 55 for the year.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Hakim Ziyech - Claims all three points Ziyech scored a goal while taking three shots (one on goal) and crossing nine times inaccurately during Saturday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Impact Ziyech found the back of the net in the 89th minute scoring the lone goal of the match. The goal was the fourth of the season for the attacker while he led Chelsea in both shots and crosses in the win.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Marcos Alonso - Assists as substitute Alonso had an assist with his lone chance created while crossing once accurately during Saturday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Impact Alonso entered the match in the 74th minute and set up Hakim Ziyech for the game's lone goal in the 89th. The assist was the third of the season for the wingback as he made the most of his limited time on the pitch.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Lille held 0-0 at lowly Metz before Chelsea game in CL

Lille has been held 0-0 at relegation candidate Metz in the French league, showing little to worry Chelsea before they meet in the Champions League

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Reece James - Set for return to team training James (hamstring) is expected to participate in team training soon with manager Thomas Tuchel telling reporters, "He's still in individual training, progressing a lot and doing alm...

Impact James will be sidelined for his fifth straight contest when he misses out versus Crystal Palace on Saturday. Considering he is just returning to team training, James will be hard-pressed to play versus Lille on Tuesday and may be better-served targeting the club's Feb. 27 matchup with Leicester City.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Wayne Rooney warned by FA over John Terry injury admission The Football Association have warned Wayne Rooney after he claimed he wore longer studs in a 2006 game against Chelsea “so he could hurt som...

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Conte recognizing scale of rebuilding job at Tottenham

Antonio Conte was widely respected as a player for being a passionate, tenacious, indefatigable midfielder and he has taken those traits into his successful coaching career

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mason Mount - Targeting Cup final for return Mount is targeting the League Cup final at the end of the month for a return from his ankle injury, reports The Telegraph.

Impact If this report is true, that would put Mount as out for Chelsea's next two matches, Saturday at Crystal Palace and then Tuesday against Lille. Considering he's started in all but one of the team's league matches since December, his absence is a bit of a blow, though Chelsea are decently healthy with Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech expected to get more time up front.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

'It was brutal - but it changed my life': Carl Magnay on winning Football Icon and a contract at Chelsea Carl Magnay won a reality TV channel and it changed his life forever. Here he tells the story of Football Icon and Chelsea

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM

The rise of the decoy penalty taker Chelsea used an emerging tactic against Palmeiras in the Club World Cup final - a decoy penalty taker. But why? And does it work?

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Ruben Loftus-Cheek - Back in training Loftus-Cheek (undisclosed) was pictured in training Tuesday ahead of Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace.

Impact Loftus-Cheek hasn't appeared for Chelsea since before the international break, but it looks like he's edging closer to a return. That being the case, he no longer has much of a role in the team with everyone healthy. At one point, he started five-straight league matches but an injury derailed that momentum.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Cancelo's value soars as City resumes Champions League quest

It seems incredible that the Portugal full back Joao Cancelo was deemed surplus to requirements by Manchester City for last season’s Champions League final given his new-found impo...

FEBRUARY 14, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Edouard Mendy - Starts in Cup win Mendy returned in the starting XI and secured the win in Saturday's Club World Cup final against Palmeiras.

Impact Mendy is available again after winning AFCON and he'll take over for Kepa Arrizabalaga, who played well over the past month. Mendy has been a rock since joining Chelsea, securing 12 clean sheets across 25 starts in league and UCL this season.

FEBRUARY 14, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Chelsea celebrate Club World Cup win! Watch as Chelsea celebrate their extra time victory over Palmeiras to win the Club World Cup for the first time in their history.

FEBRUARY 13, 2022 • SKY.COM

Partnership of Miedema and Blackstenius will be major factor in Arsenal's title charge Arsenal were not on the scoresheet against Chelsea but their new strike partnership game glimpses of threat they can offer Eidevall's side

FEBRUARY 13, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM