Chelsea's squad took another injury battering against Nottingham Forest as they were left without N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic by full-time of the 2-2 draw.
Kante had been sidelined from the start with a groin strain that is now set to see him miss the rest of the season whilst his Croatian teammate was taken off in the first half. He was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek in midfield, leaving no further orthodox central players in the squad - though Lewis Hall tends to play there for the academy sides.
"I don't know. I know he had a bit of an issue going into the game," Frank Lampard admitted afterwards, "It was clear yesterday in training. I spoke to him before to see how it went. I haven't followed it up since the game to be honest. We hope he's OK."
