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Chelsea injury news: Pulisic and Azpilicueta latest as crisis looms ahead of Bayern tie
Express Sport brings you all the latest Chelsea injury news.
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Chelsea have a serious injury crisis to deal with ahead of their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Saturday. The Blues are 3-0 down from the first leg, which was played back in February, and require a minor miracle in order to stay in the competition.
Two goals from Serge Gnabry and another from Robert Lewandowski have given Bayern a formidable lead in the Last-16 tie, while Marcos Alonso was sent off at Stamford Bridge and is suspended for the return leg.
Jorginho is also banned from the clash at the Allianz Arena after accumulating too many yellow cards, meaning Chelsea's daunting task has been made even harder.
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Additionally, manager Frank Lampard is set to be without a host of senior players due to injury so his team selection options will be dramatically reduced.
Express Sport has gathered together the latest updates on the Chelsea squad's fitness - so who could miss out against Bayern Munich?
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Christian Pulisic
Pulisic has been Chelsea's star player since the end of lockdown but suffered a hamstring injury in the FA Cup final which could rule him out here.
The American opened the scoring against Arsenal at Wembley but pulled up when set to bag another and is highly unlikely to feature against Bayern.
Cesar Azpilicueta
Like Pulisic, club captain Azpilicueta suffered a hamstring injury against Arsenal and is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Lampard is yet to give an update on the Spaniard's fitness but it would be a surprise to see him play this weekend.
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N'Golo Kante
Kante has been plagued by injuries all season and has most recently been struggling with a hamstring problem suffered against Watford at the start of July.
The French midfielder has not featured since, although he was an unused substitute last weekend and could be in contention for a return with Chelsea short on personnel.
Willian
Willian missed the final Premier League match of the season due to an unspecified injury and was also left out of the matchday squad against Arsenal after supposedly picking up a problem in training.
However, the Brazilian is a free agent at the end of the campaign and is expected to join the Gunners presently so Lampard could also look to leave the 31-year-old out to avoid distractions.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Loftus-Cheek has endured a frustrating campaign working his way back from a serious Achilles injury but regained full fitness after lockdown, only to suffer a small setback before the FA Cup final.
The 24-year-old is a doubt for this weekend and it is unlikely that Lampard will take any risks.
Pedro
Pedro suffered a dislocated shoulder during the FA Cup final and has now played his final match for Chelsea, barring a miraculous run from the Blues deep into the Champions League.
The Spaniard is now set to move to Roma and will not feature against Bayern.
Billy Gilmour
Gilmour enjoyed a breakthrough campaign at Stamford Bridge before requiring knee surgery last month.
The Scottish youngster is not expected back until after the start of next season.
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