Midfielder N’Golo Kante has been ruled out of Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday.
The 29-year-old France international suffered a hamstring injury in Chelsea’s 3-0 Premier League win over Watford two weeks ago and won’t be fit in time to face United.
Lampard says few other players will be monitored ahead of the clash with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
‘’N’Golo Kante won’t be fit for the match, he’s still not right, so he’s out,’’ said Lampard on Friday.
‘’Other than that, we have a few people with niggles, which I’ll monitor over the next 24 hours or so and then we’ll be ready to go.’’
Lampard is aware of a threat posed by the Red Devils, who have gone unbeaten in 19 games.
‘’We know they are playing very well; they’ve got a very potent front three probably in the country in terms of numbers,’’ said the Chelsea boss.
‘’Obviously [Bruno] Fernandes has made a huge difference, so you see the strength they have brought to their team with individual quality. We have to be confident in ourselves, deal with their threats and worry about ourselves.’’
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