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Ben Chillwell injury: Chelsea star limps off in England Nations League clash with Belgium
Chelsea have been dealt a blow after Ben Chilwell limped off for England.
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Chelsea boss Frank Lampard will be left sweating on the fitness of Ben Chilwell, after the full-back was forced off with injury for his country. He was back in Gareth Southgate's starting line up for England in their Nations League clash with Belgium in Brussels but lasted just 38 minutes after picking up a problem.
While it's not clear what was wrong with Chilwell, he went down and called for attention after flagging up the issue.
He appeared to be holding his lower back as he walked off the field and was clearly frustrated that his evening ended early.
Chilwell was able to walk off the field and although it did not look serious, it's not an ideal situation for Lampard.
He was replaced by Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka, who slotted in at left-wing back in place of his team-mate.
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England still have another game before the players return to their clubs ahead of next weekend.
They host Iceland at Wembley on Wednesday in another Nations League game and Chilwell now looks almost certain to sit that one out.
Chelsea travel to Newcastle on Saturday in the early kick off as they look to continue their fine form.
The games are coming thick and fast for the Blues with Champions League matches versus Rennes and Sevilla either side of a London derby with Tottenham.
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Chilwell has made a huge impact since arriving in west London from Leicester and is already a mainstay in Lampard's side.
The defender has formed a close relationship with former Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole as he looks to follow in his footsteps.
Ahead of the game against Belgium, Cole paid tribute to Chilwell for his impressive start to life at Chelsea.
"I think very well. Coming into a young team helped him. From minute one he was hungry prove that he was good enough.Whether the transfer tag, £50milion is big," Cole told Sky Sports.
"And that's what he said to me: 'I want to come here, hit the ground running, what do I have to do?'.
"And I said 'listen just keep working hard, want to play for the club, want to win'.
"Straightaway he's come in and done that. I think Chelsea look defensively better with him. They've got that better balance.
"I think he can handle a ball in every area - defensively, middle third he can deal with and of course attacking wise he's got a different range of passing. He can shoot. He can combine."